Rafa admits Gerrard United fear

• omgukilledkenny

  29 Aug 08, 01:21

  

  Rafa Benitez has admitted Steven Gerrard could well miss Liverpool’s first big title showdown of the season against Manchester United.

  Benitez confirmed after Wednesday’s Champions League triumph over Standard Liege that Gerrard will undergo surgery on a minor groin injury.

  The operation will guarantee the talismanic midfielder’s absence from England’s two World Cup 2010 qualifiers in September, as well as Liverpool’s league trip to Aston Villa.

  Early indications were that the operation had been timed in such a way that would allow Gerrard to return for the United clash at Anfield on September 13.

  However, Benitez admits his skipper may miss out, preferring only to guarantee that Gerrard will be fit for the start of The Reds’ Champions League campaign.

  "We decided that Steven would play through the pain against Liege and then have the operation,” Benitez told The Liverpool Echo.

  "He may not be fit for the Manchester United game, but he certainly will be okay for the first group stage match next month."

• limpper

  29 Aug 08, 15:33

  i'm a fan of liverpool.

   

  i think with or without gerrard, the devils will still win over the kop. we are playing shit football nowadays.

• youyayu

  29 Aug 08, 17:16

  Originally posted by limpper:

  i'm a fan of liverpool.

   

  i think with or without gerrard, the devils will still win over the kop. we are playing shit football nowadays.

  i belive liverpool to scrap a draw or win.. cos.. man utd current squad is really disapointting.. + rooney still not scoring and cambell lmao..
  
  

• limpper

  29 Aug 08, 21:10

  Originally posted by youyayu:

  i belive liverpool to scrap a draw or win.. cos.. man utd current squad is really disapointting.. + rooney still not scoring and cambell lmao..

  draw maybe ba. cause mascherano came back le, but to a win, i think it will really be hard for liverpool to achieve. it will be harder if gerrard cant play. torres and keane still not at the top peak of their chemistry. so i guess, mostly like a win for the devils, or a draw. i will find it hard to accept if liverpool can come out with a win that night. but of course, i hope liverpool win lah. haha.

• hmsg

  29 Aug 08, 21:24

  at most a draw for pool...