LYON V LIVERPOOL
Liverpool dealt Gerrard injury blow
By Soccernet staff
November 2, 2009
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Liverpool skipper Steven Gerrard, midfielder Albert Riera and defenders Martin Kelly and Martin Skrtel will all miss Wednesday's decisive Champions League match at Olympique Lyon.
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Steven Gerrard was taken off after just 25 minutes in the match against Lyo two weeks ago.
Reds boss Rafael Benitez revealed the news but added that he was hoping Italian midfielder Alberto Aquilani would recover from a virus that kept him out of Saturday's 3-1 defeat at Fulham for the Group E match.
Gerrard has a groin injury which may need surgery and is definitely out of a game that Liverpool cannot afford to lose after winning just one of their opening three group matches, including defeat to Lyon at Anfield two weeks ago.
"Gerrard won't travel to Lyon," Benitez told the club's official website. "He has no chance. He is improving but we have to wait. He has had an injection but we have to wait two or three days and see how he reacts.
"Aquilani had a virus," Benitez added. "He trained today but was a little weak. Hopefully, in two days time he will be better."
Benitez confirmed that striker Fernando Torres, who is nursing an adductor muscle injury, was part of the squad travelling to France, explaining: "We have to take Fernando to Lyon because we don't have too many options."
The club confirmed on its website that midfielder Riera and defenders Kelly and Skrtel were also definite non-starters.
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