Source: Team_Talk
Torres ruled out of Hammers clash
iverpool striker Fernando Torres will miss the visit of West Ham to Anfield in the Premier League on Monday night (8pm).[LNB] The Spain international sat out last weekend's goalless draw against Fulham after flying to Barcelona to have a knee injury assessed by a specialist.[LNB]Having returned to Merseyside for the Hillsborough memorial service he then flew out to Spain for another examination by the surgeon who operated on the knee in January but the closure of British airspace for the volcanic ash delayed that.[LNB]The assessment was later confirmed on Sunday, with Torres ruled out for the rest of Liverpool's season.[LNB]Defenders Emiliano Insua and Fabio Aurelio are both still out so Daniel Agger is set to continue at left-back.[LNB]Liverpool (from): Reina, Johnson, Agger, Carragher, Kyrgiakos, Lucas, Mascherano, Kuyt, Gerrard, Rodriguez, Torres, Babel, Ngog, Benayoun, Cavalieri, Degen, El Zhar.
