Few men are better placed to judge the duel between Liverpool strikers Daniel Sturridge and Luis Suarez Thursday night in the Corinthians Arena in Sao Paulo than Sebastian Coates. The giant 23-year-old defender sits next to the England striker in the Liverpool dressing room, or at least did do until he went out on loan to Uruguay’s Nacional in January. That’s Nacional, the former club of Suarez, who took Coates under his wing when he joined Liverpool back in 2011. 'Sturridge is similar to Luis in as much as he’s always looking to score, always trying to force a mistake from the opponent and take advantage of any weakness,' he says of the scorer of England’s goal against Italy on Saturday.
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Sebastian Coates plays with both Suarez and Sturridge at Liverpool
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Suarez and Sturridge face off in England vs Uruguay on Thursday
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Both nations lost their opening game of the World Cup in Brazil
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Coates looking to work his way back into the Liverpool set-up
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