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The Reds will return to Champions League action on Wednesday when they face Sevilla at Anfield.
Liverpool began their Champions League group stage campaign with a 2-2 draw with Sevilla at Anfield on Wednesday.
Liverpool endured a frustrating afternoon at Anfield as they were held to a 1-1 draw by Burnley on Saturday.
Liverpool is keen to make up for the frustration of Saturday’s 1-1 draw with Burnley.
Kenny Dalglish has confirmed Liverpool are waiting to discover the extent of the injury Steven Gerrard picked up on international duty – but the boss expects to be without Daniel Agger for a 'few weeks'.
Gerrard returned to Melwood today and will undergo assessment from the club's medical team after being substituted in the 32nd minute of England's 3-2 defeat to Holland on Wednesday night.
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Liverpool have confirmed midfielder Lucas Leiva has successfully undergone surgery on the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee which he injured last week at Chelsea.
The operation took place in Sao Paulo and the Brazil midfielder, who has been ruled out for the rest of the season, hopes to leave hospital on Friday.
“'LFC medical staff were present during the procedure,” said a club statement.
“Lucas will now begin an agreed rehabilitation programme which will be overseen by the club's medical team.”
Late last night the 24-year-old wrote on Twitter: 'Busy day doing treatment, hopefully tomorrow I leave the hospital.”
Source: Daily Mail
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Gerrard had fluid drained from the ankle at a Liverpool hospital yesterday and the club are now awaiting to gauge the effect of that procedure.
There are fears, however, that the injury will force Gerrard out for a prolonged spell.
Confirmation of the recovery time is likely to arrive tomorrow, but there was a grim mood at Anfield as the captain received treatment.
Gerrard is understood to be distraught that what seemed to be an innocuous cut on his ankle, sustained in training last week, has developed into a potentially more serious problem.
The 31 year-old Liverpool stalwart has only recently returned to Premier League action after a six month absence due to an unrelated groin problem, and he was just regaining his full match fitness. He has endured a nightmarish few months, and is believed to be devastated at the prospect of a further prolonged absence.
This latest setback means Gerrard is certain to miss England's forthcoming friendlies with Spain and Sweden on Nov 12 and 15, games which manager Fabio Capello is using to assess his options for Euro 2012.
Liverpool were already eager for Gerrard to be used sparingly by the Italian due to his long absence from the previous injury, but Capello will now know there is no possibility the player will be available for selection.
That will be a source of immense frustration to Gerrard, who has not appeared for his country since the friendly defeat by France last November, but it is the injury’s impact on the player himself and Liverpool’s quest to regain a Champions League place which will be of greater concern for his club.
Much of the stress will be caused by the bewilderment about how and why the injury deteriorated so badly in the 24 hours before Liverpool’s 2-0 win at The Hawthorns.
Gerrard travelled with the rest of the Liverpool squad to the Midlands on Friday.
He was already in some discomfort due to the knock he sustained on the ankle, but it was anticipated it would heal quickly and he would be fit to face Roy Hodgson’s side.
Instead, it got worse and on Saturday morning it was clear he would not be fit for selection and Gerrard returned to Merseyside for treatment.
The latest setback has come in the midst of key period of the season.
Liverpool play Swansea in the Premier League next weekend and have high-profile fixtures with Chelsea and Manchester City following the international break, as well as a Carling Cup tie at Stamford Bridge.
Manager Kenny Dalglish is as concerned as Gerrard to establish the full extent of the damage.
He had hoped on Saturday it would only be a minor knock and the player would be fit within a week.
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Source: Telegraph
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Liverpool defender Daniel Agger could be out for up to four weeks after fracturing a rib in Sunday's 4-0 Barclays Premier League defeat at Tottenham.
The Denmark international sustained the injury when he fell heavily in the first half and had to be substituted before half-time.
However, there are contrasting reports on the extent of the injury.
"Daniel has got a fractured rib, so he's struggling a bit," manager Kenny Dalglish told liverpoolfc.tv.
However, the version offered by Agger's agent Per Steffensen differs slightly.
"It's the worst possible news. He has broken two ribs, and he must keep still for four weeks," Steffensen told sporten.tv2.dk.
He added on tipsbladet.dk: "Daniel is way down now and I certainly sympathise with him.
"He will miss the two (international) matches against Cyprus and Portugal and there is a match against Manchester United he also misses.
"It's insanely annoying."
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Source: The Independent
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Scotland midfielder Charlie Adam has pulled out of Tuesday's Euro 2012 qualifier against Lithuania due to a hip injury, the Scottish Football Association have announced.
Adam picked up the knock during Saturday's 2-2 draw with the Czech Republic at Hampden Park and was forced off the pitch in the 79th minute.
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Source: Sky Sport
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Brukner gave a positive verdict on Gerrard's fitness on November 30, revealing the Liverpool skipper was on course to make a return from a hamstring tear at St James' Park.
However, Hodgson has ruled Gerrard out of the weekend encounter, insisting the following match at Fulham is a more realistic date for the midfielder's return.
Meanwhile, Hodgson also revealed Daniel Agger could make a long-awaited return from a calf problem against Fulham.
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Liverpool have today confirmed Jamie Carragher has undergone a successful operation on the shoulder he dislocated at Tottenham last weekend.
Carragher is expected to be out for three months.
"The operation went well,"
"It also confirmed this was the correct course of action to take to ensure Jamie makes a complete recovery." - said Peter Brukner, Head of Sports Medicine and Sports Science at Anfield.
Carragher will now set out on the road to full fitness after undergoing successful surgery.
Source: LiverpoolFC.tv
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Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher is likely to be out for three months after being told he requires surgery on his dislocated shoulder.
Carragher underwent a thorough examination at Liverpool's training ground yesterday but medical staff were unable to make a full assessment until this morning.
Carragher told the club's website:
"I'll be having surgery at the end of the week.
"The average is about 12 weeks. I'd like to come back before that but I've got to make sure it's right.
"It will probably be late February or early March when I'm looking to come back.
"It's difficult for me when I'm injured. It hasn't happened very often, and I'm very lucky with that I suppose, but maybe it's caught up with me a little bit now.
"I've been here before with a broken leg which put me out this length of time.
"It's not easy but you've got to get on with it, and it makes you more determined to get back.
"I'm sure towards the end of the season when people are maybe feeling a little bit tired I'll be raring to go."
The news is a huge blow for Liverpool, who are already without captain Steven Gerrard and Carragher's fellow defender Daniel Agger.
Gerrard is expected to be out for another three weeks with a hamstring injury sustained on England duty while Agger is hoping to return mid-December after a calf problem.
Carragher had captained the side in the absence of Gerrard at White Hart Lane when he was forced off with three minutes remaining.
Following his exit Liverpool conceded an injury-time goal to Aaron Lennon to lose 2-1, a defeat which leaves them 10th in the table.
Source: The Telegraph
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And we usually love Lennon in Liverpool. On Sunday, though, it was a name to be cursed as the Tottenham winger, Aaron, struck the late, injury-time goal which denied Liverpool a point in an encounter they should, perhaps, have won. Instead it was a hard day’s night back up to Merseyside.
Spurs confirmed their status as the Premier League comeback kings with 16 points now earned from losing positions during this roller-coaster campaign and in a roller-coaster of a match which ended an week in which Arsenal have been beaten and qualification for the last 16 of the Champions League secured. The good times roll.
It was a game that had everything. To add to the goals there were injuries, the most serious of which was a dislocated shoulder suffered by Jamie Carragher, a missed penalty, yet another one by Jermain Defoe, who has incredibly failed from four of his past five, controversy over penalty appeals and chances galore. Fernando Torres will be tormented by two clear, one-on-ones which he fluffed, a shadow of his former self, all hesitancy when he used to be pure instinct. [Read more…]
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The Football Association have confirmed their insurers will pay compensation to Liverpool for Steven Gerrard's hamstring injury.
Estimates say Liverpool will pocket £500,000 after their captain got injured in England's friendly defeat to France at Wembley on Wednesday.
The FA have been anxious to point out the cash will not come directly from them but an insurance scheme that has been set up, which has already paid out to Arsenal and Tottenham for injuries sustained by Theo Walcott and Jermain Defoe on international duty this season.
In a statement, the FA said: "The FA have in place comprehensive insurance to cover injuries sustained to players on international duty.
"The FA is one of a small number of countries that has a voluntary insurance scheme to cover players wages should they suffer injury on international duty.
"Liverpool do not need to pursue us for compensation as our insurers will cover the wages for Liverpool as this was clearly a legitimate injury."
Michael Owen was the subject of one of the more expensive claims when he was injured on World Cup duty in 2006.
The FA are one of the few national associations who run such an insurance scheme.
Wednesday night's opponents France do not for instance, whilst many smaller nations simply could not afford the premiums to cover their star players.
Source: The Telegraph UK
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Liverpool have suffered a blow with the news that defender Daniel Agger is out of action through injury indefinitely.
Agger's last appearance was on 12 October when he played for Denmark against Cyprus in Euro 2012 qualifier.
"Agger could be very long-term,"
"They can't put a date on it and at the moment he can't train - he has just got to rest.
"They are anxious that bone doesn't form. It's a calcification issue."
The 25-year-old defender visited a specialist in London last week and has been told not to train to allow the problem to rectify itself.
"Training would certainly accelerate the calcification," added Hodgson. "Now they have to wait and hope the body breaks down the calcifying elements before he can even think about training again.
"He has just got to rest and wait for the next time he goes to see the specialist again." - said Liverpool boss Roy Hodgson.
It is the latest in a line of fitness problems for Agger, who missed almost four months of last season with a back injury.
The Dane last played for Liverpool on 25 September when he came on as a substitute in the 2-2 draw at home to Sunderland.
I hope he will be back in the second half of the season.
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