Looks like Aurelio just moved into "must-have" status.
Tough day for Liverpool, losing not only Riise, but having Carragher limp off and dropping 2 points to Sheffield United. How much of this "loss", if you can call a tie a loss, can be attributed to their imminent trip to Kiev to play Maccabbi Haifa?
UPDATE, from Clubcall:
Reds boss Rafa Benitez confirmed that Carragher will definitely not face the Israelis but Riise, who suffered a sprain, has a small chance of being available.
LATER UPDATE, from Yahoo! Sport:
Scans today have shown that England defender Carragher has sprained a medial ligament while Norway international Riise has torn lateral ligaments.
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A Liverpool spokesman said: "We expect both players to be unable to train for the next two to three weeks."
And on a completely unrelated note, what was that about Yak and Downing? Yikes.
ReplyDeleteDidn't know Riise was 'lost', word out that he's okay after x-rays...
ReplyDeletebad call on yak and downing, if those 2 don't score for M'Boro then who will?
ReplyDeleteViduka hopefully but I'm not taking any chances with him. Convey didn't show up on the points today. Hopefully as better luck midweek. Anyone else think Andy Johnson is a must-have? Hits the target often enough.
ReplyDeleteI'm not yet convinced on Johnson or Everton. Yes, he scored, but against the weakest team in the premiership on paper probably. I guess I have been burned too many times picking Everton players. Even when they appear to have a huge advantage over a team, their style lends itself to a boring game without much scoring.
ReplyDeletei think johnson is a good pick, but i'm not ready to make him a must have. 1 shot, 1 goal. nice, but let's see how he does in midweek v Portsmouth.
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