LIVERPOOL received a mixed medical bulletin yesterday as Rafael Benitez keeps his fingers crossed ahead of the latest round of international fixtures.
Steven Gerrard limped out of the morning’s England training session with a groin problem and will miss tonight’s final World Cup qualifier against Belarus at Wembley.
But Fernando Torres has suffered no muscle damage after undergoing a scan on a similar problem sustained while playing for Spain over the weekend.
Gerrard was initially injured during England’s 1-0 defeat in Ukraine on Saturday, lasting only until half-time before being substituted by Fabio Capello.
The Liverpool skipper has now returned to Melwood for further treatment, and must already be considered a doubt for Saturday’s Premier League visit to Sunderland.
Capello said yesterday: “He didn’t finish training because the pain was the same as yesterday. He tried to practice in training but after 10 minutes had to stop.”
