Source: FOOTYMAD
Carroll set for Euro clash
Andy Carroll will play some part in Liverpool's Europa League clash with Braga on Thursday night. Liverpool's new striker made his debut in the final 16 minutes of Sunday's game with Manchester United after two months out with a thigh injury. But the club's head of sports medicine and sports science, Dr Peter Brukner, is impressed with Carroll's recovery. "It's been a long process rehabilitating him – about eight or nine weeks – but we are happy with the result," he said. "We've seen steady improvement over that time; he's much stronger in that tendon and in general as well. "We still need to keep working with him and we want to build his training and playing load up to the level required. "He'll play some more minutes against Braga and hopefully he'll be involved more and more with each game. Overall, we are really happy with his progress. "The physio and fitness guys have worked really hard with Andy and, to his credit, he's not shirked the issue." "He came through the (United) game well. He had full training last week and had his 16 minutes on Sunday. "Unless anything goes wrong between now and Thursday, we'll expect him to play for a longer period of time."
