Fresh injury fear for Fernando Torres - Liverpool FC latest
LIVERPOOL were today sweating on the fitness of Fernando Torres and Fabio Aurelio after both suffered injury scares in last night's 1-0 over Marseille.
Torres reported tightness in his hamstring straight after the game and was being assessed at Melwood this morning before a diagnosis can be made by Liverpool's medical staff.
The Reds record signing has been plagued by hamstring problems over the last 12 months and Rafa Benitez will be hoping Torres is not about to face another spell on the sidelines.
In his most recent lay-off, Torres was forced to miss six Liverpool games after sustaining his third hamstring injury while on international duty with Spain.
Benitez has since held discussions with the Spanish FA about taking measures to stop the problem flaring up and the Reds boss will be concerned that after returning to action less than three weeks ago the 24-year-old has again suffered hamstring discomfort.
Torres was able to complete the 90 minutes against Marseille, but team mate Aurelio was forced off at half time with a recurrence of a calf injury.
The Brazilian left back was replaced by Andrea Dossena after the ongoing problem flared up again during the first half.
Aurelio was today undergoing a scan to assess the extent of the damage. but is hopeful that it is not too serious.
He told the ECHO: "I have a problem with my calf, I felt it during the first half so it was better that I came off.
"I will now have a scan to see what the gravity of the injury is."
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i hate to hear that torres again has problems with his hamstrings. its too bad that he won't be playing in the next game against west ham. its been really great for the team that he came back. i hope fernando and fabio will get better soon.
i hate to hear that torres again has problems with his hamstrings. its too bad that he won't be playing in the next game against west ham. its been really great for the team that he came back. i hope fernando and fabio will get better soon.
This is disastrous! Time for the rest of the lads to shoulder the responsibility and knock 3 or 4 past the Hammers. Babel should get a start and keep the rest of the line-up the same (Keane on the bench).
I think in my opinion rafa should look for another striker like kenwyme jones or scott mcdonald just in case when the next transfer windows open because torres has been having too much injury and robbie keane is just lack of performance right now..