Source: Daily_Mail
Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard ruled out for rest of season
Liverpool have suffered a second injury blow in three days after captain Steven Gerrard was ruled out for the rest of the season.[LNB]The England midfielder returned to training a week ago after a groin operation in early March but sustained a similar but not identical injury last Friday.[LNB]He has spent the week undergoing assessment and manager Kenny Dalglish confirmed the worst at the club's Melwood training ground.[LNB] Crocked: Gerrard hasn't featured for Liverpool since their win over Manchester United in March[LNB]'We still don't know definitively what the problem is,' said the Scot.[LNB]'We will wait to get a precise answer from the people that he has to see but he won't be involved again this season.[LNB]'We just have to get on with it and without being disrespectful to the players who are injured the most important ones are the ones who are fit.[LNB]'They are the ones who can be chosen. At this particular moment in time I'm as good a player as Steven.'[LNB]Gerrard will undergo further assessment in order to get to the root of a problem which robbed the England midfielder of his best form over the last few months.[LNB]On Wednesday defender Daniel Agger had his campaign ended prematurely when it was confirmed he would be sidelined for at least two months with a knee tendon injury sustained in Saturday's defeat at West Brom.[LNB]Dalglish is also without right-backs Glen Johnson and Martin Kelly (both hamstring injuries) for the next month.[LNB] Defensive crisis: Johnson (sitting) will be out for the next month while Agger is also injured[LNB] 'Anybody getting injured is disappointing for us, but also disappointing for the players, added Dalglish.[LNB]'We know where we stand and we have to get on with it.[LNB]'It may be stretching the resolve of the players a little bit but we've got to go right to the limit and make sure we're not feeling sorry for ourselves because we've lost three or four players through injury.[LNB]'We've just got to get on with it and accept that's the position we're in. It's up to us to make the best of it.'[LNB]In Gerrard's absence 22-year-old academy graduate Jay Spearing has seized his chance, having his best game for the club in last month's win at Sunderland.[LNB]Dalglish hopes others, like 19-year-old defender Danny Wilson who was signed from Rangers last summer, will have a similar opportunity to benefit.[LNB]'Jay is an experienced youngster but he was in last week (against West Brom) any way and was in against Everton (back in January) before he fractured a bone in his foot,' said the Reds boss.[LNB]'Out of somebody's misfortune always comes good fortune for somebody else.[LNB]'For certain players they'll be closer to getting a game in the first team than what they would have been if the lads had been fit.'[LNB] Carroll banking on Spurs slip as Liverpool man eyes European chargeLiverpool to embark on pre-season tour in China, Malaysia and South KoreaDalglish full of praise for Liverpool side as Scot eyes Europa League placeAll the latest Liverpool news, features and opinion [LNB] Explore more:People: Kenny Dalglish, Martin Kelly, Steven Gerrard, Glen Johnson, Daniel Agger, Danny Wilson Places: Liverpool, United Kingdom
