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No surgery yet for Liverpool’s Gerrard, says manager Posted: 25 Apr 2013 09:02 AM PDT LONDON, April 25 Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers denied today that Steven Gerrard requires shoulder surgery, just 24 hours after a report on the club website said the England captain was likely to need an operation. Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard salutes the fans after their English Premier League soccer match against Reading at the Madejski Stadium in Reading, April 13, 2013. — Reuters pic"There's nothing in that at all, really. You'll have noticed over the last year or so, whether he's been playing for Liverpool or England, he's had some taping and strapping on his shoulder - but there is no immediate surgery planned," Rodgers told reporters. "We're just going to see how it goes between now and the end of the season. "He's dealt well with it and performed remarkably well, so there is no decision on it at all." First-team coach Mike Marsh told the club's website (http://www.liverpoolfc.com): "It's looking more and more likely that he might require surgery." — Reuters |
Liverpool’s Reina says Suarez biting ban is ‘absurd’ Posted: 25 Apr 2013 08:49 AM PDT MADRID, April 25 — Liverpool goalkeeper Pepe Reina said the 10-match ban given to his teammate Luis Suarez for biting an opponent was 'absurd' and 'excessive'. Reading's goalkeeper Alex McCarthy (L) is congratulated at the end of the game by Liverpool's goalkeeper Pepe Reina after their English Premier League soccer match at the Madejski Stadium in Reading, April 13, 2013. — Reuters picUruguay international Suarez was punished yesterday by the English Football Association (FA) after he bit the arm of Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic at the weekend. "He knows he is in the wrong, and that it was a mistake, but the 10-game punishment seems absurd to me, excessive and unfair," Spanish international Reina was quoted as telling radio station Cadena Cope by sports daily AS today. "I consider myself a friend of Luis. He is being treated differently, I don't know if it is because he is Uruguayan or because he has been involved in similar episodes. "It seems the people who make the decisions have it in for him. "There is a lot of hypocrisy. There have been cases of racism where they have handed out a four-game ban, and he got eight." Suarez served an eight-match ban for racially abusing Manchester United's Patrice Evra last season. Liverpool have expressed their shock at the FA's decision and have until tomorrow (1100 GMT) to appeal against the ban on their leading scorer. — Reuters |
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