Sturridge pulled out of a training session at Melwood on Monday with a strain to the same thigh he injured on September 5 while on international duty with England.
Liverpool will assess the damage over the next 48 hours with a scan planned for Tuesday. The results are expected on Wednesday but they will now be forced to plan to face Crystal Palace in the Barclays Premier League on Sunday without him.
Sturridge had been upbeat after returning to training last week and took time on Tuesday to post a message on Instagram saying: 'Can't wait to be back playing. Wish I was with England though not gonna lie but my body is ready now and that's all that matters.'
However, his body has let him down once again with Liverpool staff inevitably concerned how it has happened after taking so much care in his recuperation.
Manager Brendan Rodgers also has concerns over Mario Balotelli's fitness after the mis-firing striker returned early from international duty with Italy nursing groin and hamstring strains.
Sturridge's initial injury came from a training session that Liverpool claim the striker told Roy Hodgson he did not want to take part in. He was out for almost six weeks before injuring his calf in the warm-up to his first session back with the senior squad ahead of the visit to QPR last month.
Source: dailymail
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