Gerrard out injured

[stressederic]

GERRARD INJURY BLOW FOR REDS

Paul Hassall at Anfield 27 August 2008

Liverpool's progress to the Champions League group stage has come at a cost after Rafael Benitez revealed the news that Steven Gerrard will undergo an operation on his groin on Thursday.

The Reds boss admitted it was a blow to lose his skipper but is hopeful he will make a speedy recovery after he played the full 120 minutes of Liverpool's extra-time win at home to Standard Liege.

 

"I'm disappointed because Gerrard will have an operation tomorrow," he said.

 

"He has a groin problem. We knew it could be like this and I was surprised when I was reading some of the newspapers saying he has to play and has to start but he had a problem and now he will have an operation and will be out for 10-15 days.

 

"It isn't too much because he needs to have it because he is having pain with it. When he went with the national team we knew he had a problem and in the first-leg too.

 

"I was talking with the doctor yesterday and today we talked with him. He said he would play with pain and after it he would have an operation.

 

"He knew he had to keep going tonight because he was having the operation tomorrow."

 

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Oh goody...

[JohnOK]

Should only miss the villa game then.

[CarraLegend]

Only misses Villa, not to bad then, not much preperation for the filth though.

[psl]

May be doubtful for the Manc game then.

Edited August 27, 2008 by psl

[MFletcher]

Missing the international games. Excellent news.

[Tones]

FFS

Edited August 27, 2008 by t1971

[CarraLegend]

Missing the international games. Excellent news.

 

Yeah him not being able to train properly for 2 weeks is f***ing great news given he's already missed part of his pre season.

[Guest RedLegend]

"out for 10-15 days".

 

10 days to the manc game from the op.

[alias75]

Shouldn't have played for England when he did in a nothing game, but i guess ultimately that wouldn't have changed the fact he needed to get this done.

 

At least Mascherano is back hopefully hes ok to play on the weekend, going to be very difficult against Villa im sure they'll be fired up after all the Barry stuff and we've just had a tough game.

 

Perversely it may help with the formation we can go 4-4-2 with Keane and Torres up front, Masch and Alonso in the middle.

[DJS]

"out for 10-15 days".

 

10 days to the manc game from the op.

 

Eh? The operation's tomorrow, the 28th August and the Manc game is 16 days later (September 13th) isnt it?

[psl]

Eh? The operation's tomorrow, the 28th August and the Manc game is 16 days later (September 13th) isnt it?

 

Yep, could be doubtful depending on his recovery time.

[Guest RedLegend]

Eh? The operation's tomorrow, the 28th August and the Manc game is 16 days later (September 13th) isnt it?

 

Oops. Forgot about the internationals.

[MFletcher]

Yeah him not being able to train properly for 2 weeks is f***ing great news given he's already missed part of his pre season.

 

It's a lingering problem. If he's going to miss games for the operation, it is far, far better for him to miss England games rather than Liverpool games.

[Guest spk]

"out for 10-15 days".

 

10 days to the manc game from the op.

 

big game bottler

[Rory Fitzgerald]

At least he has picked an international break.

 

Mascher and Alonso will play against Villa leaving Keane to truely play the role in the hole.

 

Small price tonight if he only misses Villa

[alias75]

Think he should also be given credit for playing with pain during this important time in the season with the CL qualifier.

[MFletcher]

Mascherano and Lucas being back means his injury isn't the problem it would have been only two weeks ago had he been forced into the operation there and then.

[Fagan]

id be shocked if he was back for the manc game.

 

very disappointed with that. we'll be lucky to beat them without him

[Barnesy_10]

id be shocked if he was back for the manc game.

 

very disappointed with that. we'll be lucky to beat them without him

or with

[Guest RedLegend]

id be shocked if he was back for the manc game.

 

very disappointed with that. we'll be lucky to beat them without him

 

Whatever about the mancs Villa away isn't going to be a walk in the park first.

[Fagan]

Stevie will more than likely miss the united game and possibly be out for upto 6 weeks....

 

Setanta

[fred milne]

This is a big opportunity for Alonso, as rightly or wrongly I suspect he would have lost his place to Mascherano on Sunday if Gerrard had been fit.

[Paddy 66]

Stevie will more than likely miss the united game and possibly be out for upto 6 weeks....

 

Setanta

I would rather trust what the club is saying regarding the injury than some surgeon who in his first sentence makes anything else he says pointless by saying "it all depends on the diagnosis" and of course he hasn't examined Gerrard so how can he tell how long he will be out? Answer is he can't.

[Stevie H]

i suspect you're right fred, mad as it would be to play villa away with a 4-4-2.

 

i don't understand how rafa can have seen the way torres played last season, and gerrard, and then decided that torres needs a partner in a 4-4-2.

[Romario]

i suspect you're right fred, mad as it would be to play villa away with a 4-4-2.

 

i don't understand how rafa can have seen the way torres played last season, and gerrard, and then decided that torres needs a partner in a 4-4-2.

Because he's a tactical genius or something