Gerrard To Miss Champions Clash Against Madrid

This is the rea­son why pre­dic­tions should not be made as soon as the knock­out stage ties are revealed.

In a com­mu­ni­cae sent out by Liv­er­pool, they con­firmed that their cap­tain will bout for at least three weeks, thus keep­ing him out of the first leg of the Cham­pi­ons League tie against the nine-time Euro­pean champs.

Ger­rard suf­fered an injury in his left leg dur­ing Liverpool’s mid­week tie against Ever­ton for the FA Cup. The Reds were elim­i­nated from the com­pe­ti­tion by their Mersey­side rivlas and Ger­rard had to step off the pitch in the 16th minute.

The injury means that in addi­tion to miss­ing the first leg of the Cham­pi­ons League he will also miss the upcom­ing Pre­mier­ship match against Portsmouth and will not be avail­able for Fabio Cap­pello when Eng­land face Spain in Sevilla on Feb­ru­ary 11th.

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