Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez has admitted he has no idea how long captain Steve Gerrard will be sidelined after limping off at Everton on Wednesday night.
Gerrard was replaced by Yossi Benayoun after just 16 minutes and will have a scan on his hamstring today to determine the extent of the damage.
And Benitez insisted the injury to his talismanic skipper proves his decision to replace him against Wigan last week was justified.
'I don't know how long Steven will be out for,' Benitez said. 'He was injured and he asked to come off. He will have a scan and we will have to wait and see.
'Steven was tired, and he gets injured. He was tired too at Wigan but when I took him off there everyone was saying he had to play every single minute of every match. Now you have seen the consequences.
'He asked to be taken off, you could see at Wigan he was struggling and the same thing happened here.'
Gerrard was replaced by Yossi Benayoun after just 16 minutes and will have a scan on his hamstring today to determine the extent of the damage.
And Benitez insisted the injury to his talismanic skipper proves his decision to replace him against Wigan last week was justified.
'I don't know how long Steven will be out for,' Benitez said. 'He was injured and he asked to come off. He will have a scan and we will have to wait and see.
'Steven was tired, and he gets injured. He was tired too at Wigan but when I took him off there everyone was saying he had to play every single minute of every match. Now you have seen the consequences.
'He asked to be taken off, you could see at Wigan he was struggling and the same thing happened here.'
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