Rafa Benitez has been rocked by a fresh injury worry as he attempts to steer Liverpool out of their mini-slump.
After starting the season with a 16-game unbeaten run, Liverpool finally came unstuck at Tottenham on Saturday and were seconds away from a second successive defeat, at Anfield last night, when Steven Gerrard salvaged a Champions' League point with an injury-time penalty against Atletico Madrid.
Fernando Torres was again missing with a hamstring injury and Daniel Agger could now join him on the sidelines after damaging a finger in the second half of last night's 1-1 draw.
The Denmark centre-back came off for lengthy treatment near the bench and will have a scan amid fears the finger is broken.
With Martin Skrtel still weeks away from fitness, it would leave Benitez with only two fit central defenders, in Jamie Carragher and Sami Hyypia, for Saturday's tea-time kick-off against West Brom at Anfield.
'It was painful, and no-one is too sure at the moment whether I have suffered a break,' said Agger. 'I hope to be fit for Saturday, but I will know more after the scan. It just about finished off a frustrating night for me, because I should have won the game for us.
'On a good day, I might have had three or even four goals, but almost is not good enough. It is one thing creating chances, but you have to finish them off.
'The first should have been a penalty after only two minutes, because I was fouled, but it's no good complaining now.'
After starting the season with a 16-game unbeaten run, Liverpool finally came unstuck at Tottenham on Saturday and were seconds away from a second successive defeat, at Anfield last night, when Steven Gerrard salvaged a Champions' League point with an injury-time penalty against Atletico Madrid.
Fernando Torres was again missing with a hamstring injury and Daniel Agger could now join him on the sidelines after damaging a finger in the second half of last night's 1-1 draw.
The Denmark centre-back came off for lengthy treatment near the bench and will have a scan amid fears the finger is broken.
With Martin Skrtel still weeks away from fitness, it would leave Benitez with only two fit central defenders, in Jamie Carragher and Sami Hyypia, for Saturday's tea-time kick-off against West Brom at Anfield.
'It was painful, and no-one is too sure at the moment whether I have suffered a break,' said Agger. 'I hope to be fit for Saturday, but I will know more after the scan. It just about finished off a frustrating night for me, because I should have won the game for us.
'On a good day, I might have had three or even four goals, but almost is not good enough. It is one thing creating chances, but you have to finish them off.
'The first should have been a penalty after only two minutes, because I was fouled, but it's no good complaining now.'
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