In last night’s EFL Cup semi-final defeat to Southampton the England international missed two great chances for the Reds and was made to pay as they crashed out.
The 27-year-old has scored just two goals in 13 Premier League appearances this season.
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And has struggled to break into manager Jurgen Klopp's favoured starting XI.
And Kop hero Carragher feels his loss of pace is harming his contribution to the team.
"Sturridge is a completely different player now to when he first came to Liverpool," he told Sky Sports.
"You could link him with Sadio Mane when he first came because the whole point of Liverpool buying Sturridge under Brendan Rodgers when I was at the club was that he gave us penetration in behind, he had pace.
"But there was one occasion in the game where he fell over into the hoardings in front of the Kop and I thought he had to get that ball. I don't know if his pace has completely gone or whether he's that worried with injuries that he pulls out of something.
"Sturridge is not the player to run in behind, so you can forget about him replacing Mane. All he does is come to feet now."