Reds confirm Mascherano knee injury

Mon, 21 Dec 16:24:37 2009

Liverpool midfielder Javier Mascherano will be able to use his four-match suspension over the festive period to recover from a knee problem.

The Argentina captain sustained an injury in the tackle which earned him a red card in the 2-0 defeat at Portsmouth on Saturday.

"The player had a scan which confirmed the medical team's initial diagnosis that he suffered a medial ligament sprain in his left knee," a club spokesman told liverpoolfc.tv. "He is expected to be sidelined for two to three weeks."

As he has already served a ban this season Mascherano will be forced to sit out four matches, meaning he will miss fixtures against Wolves, Aston Villa, the FA Cup third round tie at Reading and the league clash with Tottenham on January 10.

However, the club believe his injury would have sidelined him for at least that long anyway.

 

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  1. Its sad that the worm is coming back after 4 games. It­ is also shocking that it was only his third red card.­ He does enough to earn himself a red card in every game­ he plays.

    From CHANDRA S, on Thu 24 Dec 2:48

  2. Rafa out,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,rafa­ out,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,rafa­ out........................Mourinho/ Hiddink in.

    From Howard, on Wed 23 Dec 10:47

  3. Rafa out,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,rafa­ out,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,rafa­ out........................Mourinho/ Hiddink in.

    From Howard, on Wed 23 Dec 10:47

  4. That tackle came from pure frustration as he been the­ only player giving 100% over the last few matchs.

    From Marc, on Wed 23 Dec 1:48

  5. At least Rafa should now be forced to play Aqua man,or­ will he use someone else,anybodies guess really.

    From kevlec, on Tue 22 Dec 9:57

  6. How the f*** did he injure his knee going in two feet­ studs up into Tal's groin. Maybe Tal's got­ brass balls

    From D, on Tue 22 Dec 8:57

  7. How the f*** did he injure his knee going in two feet­ studs up into Tal's groin. Maybe Tal's got­ brass balls

    From D, on Tue 22 Dec 8:56

  8. I'm not normally vindictive but in this case­ I'm happy to say Mascherano had it coming. Dirty­ player, maybe he'll learn. He certainly knew what­ he'd done by not protesting his red card.

    From Graham P, on Tue 22 Dec 4:56

  9. Am a Mighty Reds fand and have no sentiments here by­ saying I wish it happened but to Lucas so that the­ Aquaman will have at least 80-85mins playing­ chance.However it has happened so will Lucas have a­ good combination with SG or I wish Aquaman plays.

    From Michael, on Tue 22 Dec 4:31
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