Steven Gerrard is facing a three to four-week spell on the sidelines after sustaining a 'significant' hamstring injury on England duty, a scan has today confirmed.
The skipper underwent tests this afternoon which confirmed the early assessment of our medical team at Melwood that the injury is a grade two tear.
Gerrard left the field after 85 minutes of England's 2-1 defeat to France on Wednesday night.
Speaking before the scan, Dr. Peter Brukner told us: "Steven injured his hamstring on Wednesday night. He's just been in for an early assessment here and it certainly looks like a significant hamstring injury.
"He's going to be out for a little while, I'm afraid. I'd imagine it could be three to four weeks."
Fans were disappointed to see Gerrard play almost 90 minutes of the friendly encounter but Dr. Brukner remains philosophical.
"If you put your hand up to play for your country, you've got to accept how long they want you to play for," he said.
"There were obviously circumstances on Wednesday night which came together to result in Steven playing for a bit longer than we'd hoped, which is disappointing but there's nothing we can do about that now.
"We'll move on and work as hard as we can to get him back playing for Liverpool as soon as possible."
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