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[NANNY RED]

Hope it was Kosher

[bunglemark2]

By the look of Van Donkeyface at Real, he must have been EATING the stuff for years...
Mind you, Benayoun looks a bit equine too, so maybe him too

[Igor Zidane]

 



Fernando Torres back in training: Liverpool striker could return against Manchester City

A picture to please Liverpool fans ... Fernando Torres returns.

The striker could face Manchester City on Saturday after getting over a groin injury.

The Spaniard was forced to sit out this week's internationals against Argentina and Austria in a bid to aid his recovery.

Torres had been keen to face Argentina on Saturday at the Vicente Calderon stadium, which the 25-year-old called home before leaving Atletico Madrid for the Barclays Premier League in 2007.
But Spain coach Vicente del Bosque revealed he had come to an agreement with Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez.
Liverpool face Manchester City on Saturday and then the crunch Champions League clash with Debrecen three days later.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport....ty.html

[Igor Zidane]

 



Alberto Aquilani eyes first start for Liverpool against City

Alberto Aquilani is being lined up for his first starting appearance for Liverpool having had the carrot of a potential place in the Italy World Cup squad dangled in front of him.

The midfield player has been confined to two appearances as a substitute since joining Liverpool in a £17 million transfer from Roma last summer. But the ankle injury that has restricted his involvement has cleared up sufficiently for the 25-year-old to step up his training during the international break and Rafael Benítez, the Liverpool manager, is considering naming him in his starting line-up for the match against Manchester City on Saturday.

Much will depend on the fitness of Yossi Benayoun and Albert Riera. The pair had been expected to be out of action for up to a month with hamstring tears, but the club are optimistic that they will be fit enough to feature against City less than two weeks after they were injured.

Benayoun and Riera have undergone radical treatment in Belgrade at the hands of Mariana Kovacevic, a physiotherapist whose work using the liquid from horse placenta is being credited with reducing the recovery time of several prominent injured footballers.

Benítez is desperate to introduce Aquilani into his side but he will be included from the start against City only if he comes through Liverpool’s two remaining training sessions unscathed.

Marcello Lippi, the Italy coach, will be keeping a keen eye on Aquilani’s progress, having left the door open for the midfield player to win a place in his squad for next year’s World Cup finals in South Africa.

“I have a varied group and it needs to be complete,” Lippi said. “If I haven’t considered a certain player, then why should I not consider him if the conditions are right? Look at Aquilani, for example. If he plays with consistency for Liverpool, then why shouldn’t I consider him?”

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol....verpool

[Sabre]

Thank you for that Igor. Kind of thing that helps you to think friday is closer and makes you happier. We need that kind of news!

[Toffeehater]

Both will be on the bench me thinks . Feck me our bench looks stronger , Torres, Babel , Skrtel , Aurelio , Krgiakos , Aqualiani , Cav

[Benny The Noon]

Looks like all the injuries are coming through now and hopefully will enable us to field our strongest team . Fingers crossed and touch wood

[Igor Zidane]

Absolutely astounding .


http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/drilldown/N166523091120-1335.htm


Rafa Benitez today revealed how four of his injured stars could be fit for Man City after flying to Serbia for 'special treatment'. 
Albert Riera and Yossi Benayoun were due to be out for another two weeks with hamstring problems but could now feature on Saturday after the much-publicised journey to eastern Europe.
 
Benitez was so pleased with the treatment they received that he sent Fabio Aurelio and Glen Johnson to Serbia for work on their muscle injuries.
 
All four players are now back in Merseyside and have taken part in full training sessions for the past two days.
 
Benitez told Liverpoolfc.tv: "You know people have talked about them going to Serbia for special treatment and that's true. We had a lot of reports of international players going there, so we sent some players.
 
"They are now training so we will see if they can play. They have trained for the last two days.
 
"It has been good. There are other names from different teams who have been doing this treatment for seven years.
 
"It is a curative program for players with muscle injuries and it works well."
 
The major injury headache confronting Benitez before the international break has now almost cleared, with Steven Gerrard, David Ngog and Daniel Agger all passed fit for City.
 
Fernando Torres is the only senior star still in the treatment room.
 
Benitez added: "He is improving. He had a plan of two or three weeks, he's following this and improving."

[account deleted by request]

The recovery rate using horse placenta is incredible mate, but there are side effects to the injections........  have heard of the saying hung like a horse.......

[Fauxy]

Great news !  With Yossi, Gerrard, Johnson and Aquilani attacking we wont miss Torres as much as we thought 

[Ben Patrick]

Team i have been sent not definate but what it looks like apparently from training

Reina
Johnson
Carra
Agger
Insua
Kuyt
Masher
Lucas
Benayoun
Gerrard
Ngog

[account deleted by request]

I think Carra is suspended Ben, but apart from him thats probably as good as we can put out at the moment (if Aquilani is not ready yet?)

[Igor Zidane]

Carra's in saint lad.

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpo....5216646

[account deleted by request]

I thought it was a three match suspension   I am even more confident we will beat Citeh now.

[Fauxy]

That is a strong looking starting 11 for the first time in a while 

Apart from N'gog of course!

The bench should look better too something like this?

Cavalieri
Aquilani
Voronin
Babel
Riera
Skrtel
Aurelio


Makes a nice change. Confident we can beat man city now!