Rafa Benitez insists that Liverpool did everything they could to protect star striker Fernando Torres, who is crocked once more.
Fernando Torres seemed to be getting up to match speed having recovered from the hamstring injury which recently kept him out for six games.
However, El Niño is straight back into the Melwood treatment room after again tweaking his right hamstring whilst playing in the Champions League against Marseille - a match edged 1-0 by the Reds.
The 24-year-old is officially out for two or three weeks, but boss Rafael Benitez could hold him back even longer. He insists that the club did everything by the book since he was crocked on international duty for Spain, so extra precautions will be taken this time.
Thus, the hitman may not be back for what could be a crunch festive clash with Arsenal on Sunday, December 21.
The boss explained to the press: "We were taking care of him and the timing was under control.
"The doctors were working really hard, but it's happened again. It's not exactly the same injury, but it's the same muscle."
Looking forward, he added: "We are working with the medical staff again, trying to analyse the reason why and trying to prevent it happening again.
"He was sharp, so it was a surprise. We have to check the balance of the player to prevent it from happening. Anyway, we won't rush him back now.
"Meanwhile, we have [Robbie] Keane, Dirk Kuyt, David Ngog and Ryan Babel. Hopefully they can score enough goals and we can talk about Fernando again in three weeks' time."
Fernando Torres seemed to be getting up to match speed having recovered from the hamstring injury which recently kept him out for six games.
However, El Niño is straight back into the Melwood treatment room after again tweaking his right hamstring whilst playing in the Champions League against Marseille - a match edged 1-0 by the Reds.
The 24-year-old is officially out for two or three weeks, but boss Rafael Benitez could hold him back even longer. He insists that the club did everything by the book since he was crocked on international duty for Spain, so extra precautions will be taken this time.
Thus, the hitman may not be back for what could be a crunch festive clash with Arsenal on Sunday, December 21.
The boss explained to the press: "We were taking care of him and the timing was under control.
"The doctors were working really hard, but it's happened again. It's not exactly the same injury, but it's the same muscle."
Looking forward, he added: "We are working with the medical staff again, trying to analyse the reason why and trying to prevent it happening again.
"He was sharp, so it was a surprise. We have to check the balance of the player to prevent it from happening. Anyway, we won't rush him back now.
"Meanwhile, we have [Robbie] Keane, Dirk Kuyt, David Ngog and Ryan Babel. Hopefully they can score enough goals and we can talk about Fernando again in three weeks' time."
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