Injury crisis doesn't subside
Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 4:50 pm
Liverpool lose Fabio Aurelio for up to three weeks
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Liverpool's defensive injury problems show no sign of subsiding following the news that Rafael Benitez expects Fabio Aurelio to be absent for up to three weeks.
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Fabio Aurelio joined Liverpool from Valencia
• Skrtel out until May
Aurelio lasted only 39 minutes of Sunday's victory over Blackburn as he was substituted having strained the quadriceps in his right leg, bringing a swift end to his first Premier League start since January 16. The Brazilian has suffered from a number of fitness problems this season and missed the start of the campaign due to an injury picked up on holiday with his children.
Benitez will now be without Aurelio for three weeks, meaning Emiliano Insua's planned rest will be cancelled, and the injury to the left back is the latest to befall his defence with Martin Skrtel currently sidelined until May with a broken foot and Glen Johnson absent due to a knee problem.
"It's not good news and we think he is going to be out for maybe another two or three weeks - Fabio has had really bad luck," Benitez said. "It all began at the start of the season, when he suffered the injury during the summer with his family, and it's like there has been something every month since then.
"It is a shame because he is a top footballer and a really nice person but him being out leaves us with a problem because we wanted to play him, so we could give Insua a rest. Emiliano is a good young player and has benefited from being involved in so many games but he has been playing a lot recently.
"We needed Fabio so he could help the team and also help Insua. His injury is bad news for both of them."
Daniel Agger also sustained a knee injury in the win over Blackburn at Anfield but Benitez is not unduly concerned about the Denmark international's condition.
"We will continue to watch Daniel," Benitez told the Liverpool Echo. "We are glad that it is nothing serious but whether he is available for Wigan (on Monday) depends on his progression in the next few days."
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Anyone who downplays injuries being the cause for our season going the way it's going and our team playing the way they're playing is more than deluded...
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news....cc=4716
Liverpool's defensive injury problems show no sign of subsiding following the news that Rafael Benitez expects Fabio Aurelio to be absent for up to three weeks.
GettyImages
Fabio Aurelio joined Liverpool from Valencia
• Skrtel out until May
Aurelio lasted only 39 minutes of Sunday's victory over Blackburn as he was substituted having strained the quadriceps in his right leg, bringing a swift end to his first Premier League start since January 16. The Brazilian has suffered from a number of fitness problems this season and missed the start of the campaign due to an injury picked up on holiday with his children.
Benitez will now be without Aurelio for three weeks, meaning Emiliano Insua's planned rest will be cancelled, and the injury to the left back is the latest to befall his defence with Martin Skrtel currently sidelined until May with a broken foot and Glen Johnson absent due to a knee problem.
"It's not good news and we think he is going to be out for maybe another two or three weeks - Fabio has had really bad luck," Benitez said. "It all began at the start of the season, when he suffered the injury during the summer with his family, and it's like there has been something every month since then.
"It is a shame because he is a top footballer and a really nice person but him being out leaves us with a problem because we wanted to play him, so we could give Insua a rest. Emiliano is a good young player and has benefited from being involved in so many games but he has been playing a lot recently.
"We needed Fabio so he could help the team and also help Insua. His injury is bad news for both of them."
Daniel Agger also sustained a knee injury in the win over Blackburn at Anfield but Benitez is not unduly concerned about the Denmark international's condition.
"We will continue to watch Daniel," Benitez told the Liverpool Echo. "We are glad that it is nothing serious but whether he is available for Wigan (on Monday) depends on his progression in the next few days."
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Anyone who downplays injuries being the cause for our season going the way it's going and our team playing the way they're playing is more than deluded...