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( 16 October 2008 )

English Premiership Football News

Torres injury worry for Liverpool
Fernando Torres going to Liverpool miss the next two matches after suffering thigh injury playing for Spain against Belgium on Wednesday.

The attacker was replaced on 16 minutes, clutching his right thigh.

Half of Spain reported that Torres, 24, suffered a strain of either Hamstring or a tear, and suggested that it would be for a minimum of seven to 10 days.

Meanwhile another before Liverpool, Ryan Babel, damaged his ankle playing for the Netherlands in their 1-0 win in Norway.

Babel, who missed Euro 2008 with ankle ligament problems, played no further part in a match Wednesday after a tackle on Morten Pedersen Gamstar 26 minutes.

Liverpool have a busy schedule with a home game against Wigan on Saturday followed by the Champions League away tie against Atletico Madrid, Torres of the old club, next Wednesday.

The criticism away trip to Chelsea on Sunday October 26 is a match both players are desperate to be fit in '.

The details of the injury remained unclear Babel, Spain Oscar Celada team doctor Spanish television said that any kind of muscle tear Torres leave the button for a minimum of 10 days.

Celada said: "It has intense pain in the back of the thigh. It is now difficult to diagnose exactly the extent [the injury], if it is a question of a strain or a small tear. If it is a strain then I could be for about a week. "

Torres you struggle with Hamstring problems before, most recently in early September when he was away from the break after tearing muscle in the goalless draw against Aston Villa.

The midfielder from Liverpool and other Spanish Xabi Alonso told the club website: "It is undoubtedly bad news.

"We must wait and see what the tests say, but we do not stop now until around Christmas, and we have a big schedule ahead - we can not let up.

"This is not the first time this has happened [to Torres] with the national side, and it is a blow to injury when it is in such a gap good shape."
by bbcnews.