Coutinho, Sakho, and
Henderson to Miss
Besiktas Match
By Noel C  @LFCOffside on Feb 25,
2015, 2:00p 45
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Adding to Liverpool’s existing
injury woes comes news today that
Jordan Henderson, Philippe
Coutinho, and Mamadou Sakho
have all been left off the traveling
squad and will not face Besiktas.
Besiktas may be busy hoping their
two best players are fit to face
Liverpool , but Liverpool are
heading into the second leg of their
Europa League round of 32 tie with
a lengthy injury list of their own.
Midfielders Lucas Leiva and Steven
Gerrard will be missing of course,
but with the pair having sat out the
first leg due to their injuries and
few expecting them to be ready for
the second, that’s hardly news.
What is is that Brendan Rodgers
will be short two more midfielders
on Thursday evening, as Jordan
Henderson has been left off the
traveling squad with an ankle
injury and Philippe Coutinho ,
clearly suffering from fatigue in
recent weeks, also left in Liverpool
with an eye to an important league
match against Manchester City on
the weekend. Defender Mamadou
Sakho will also miss the match on
Thursday due to a hip injury, as
will Glen Johnson through illness.
The lengthy list of injured players
meant a number of Academy
youngsters had to be called up to
train with the seniors before they
left for Turkey, and it also means
that Martin Skrtel will captain
Liverpool when they head out onto
the pitch at Ataturk Stadium.
Around Skrtel, though, there seem
to be nothing but question marks,
and all of the injuries may mean
Rodgers is be forced to move Emre
Can into midfield alongside Joe
Allen.
More positively for Liverpool,
Henderson and Coutinho are both
expected to be fit to face City on
Sunday, while Gerrard and Sakho
are hopeful of at least being fit
enough to make the bench for that
match.


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FTC

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Game on.