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PICTURE EXCLUSIVE: Liverpool ace Fernando Torres flies back to Spain for tests on troublesome groin
Fernando Torres was back in Spain last night hoping his trusted doctor could offer a solution to the groin injury that is threatening to completely wreck Liverpool's season.
Fernando Torres flies to Spain to get a second opinion on his groin injury
• Injured Liverpool striker sees specialist in Valencia• Torres and Steven Gerrard may play against BirminghamLiverpool's concerns over the fitness of Fernando Torres have deepened after the striker flew to visit a specialist in Valencia for a second opinion on the hernia problem that has plagued him throughout Liverpool's desperate run of one win in eight games.Earlier in the day he had visited a private clinic on Merseyside for a scan on his groin, although that appointment was arranged before his 87-minute appearance against Lyon in the Champions League on Wednesday and has been a pos
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Fernando Torres has tests at Liverpool hospital
Fernando Torres flew to Valencia on Thursday to see a specialist in an attempt to discover if he requires surgery on the 'sportsman's hernia' which has troubled him for more than a month.
PICTURE EXCLUSIVE: Liverpool ace Fernando Torres visits clinic for tests on troublesome groin
Fernando Torres has undergone tests at a Liverpool private hospital as Liverpool look to find a cure for their talisman's groin injury. The Anfield hierarchy are desperate for their Spain striker to avoid surgery as they attempt to put Liverpool's season back on track after six defeats in eight games.
Fernando Torres tireless' efforts spread fear but fail to tame battling Lyon
Liverpool's talismanic striker gave his side 87 minutes last night and left the pitch with his team one-upFernando Torres is carrying a sportsman's hernia not a magic wand, and his pain will be all-consuming after a night when a Herculean effort counted for little in Liverpool's attempt to avoid elimination from the Champions League. For 87 minutes he dragged defenders across Stade Gerland, his longest appearance for a month underlining the risk Rafael Benítez was prepared to take in pursuit of a win. Within three minutes of Torres' departure, however, hope had gone. His manager's luck w
Fernando Torres's loyalty provides shining light in Liverpool's bleak times
Spanish player keeps on fighting for his Liverpool fans and his manager in disappointing draw in Lyon.
Fernando Torres flies out as Rafa Benitez risks throwing his injured Liverpool star into the Lyons den
Fernando Torres has flown to Lyon with his team-mates and is expected to play in Liverpool's crunch Champions League clash on Wednesday night, Sportsmail can confirm.
Fernando Torres to be nursed through Liverpool FC games
RAFA BENITEZ will nurse Fernando Torres through a series of crucial fixtures to prevent his star striker requiring an operation.
New Fernando Torres scare exposes Rafa Benítez's sub-prime deals
Hit by injuries to 10 first-team players, and already fielding the Premier League's cheapest defence, Liverpool's squad looks threadbareThere is surely no greater indictment on the sorry state of Liverpool's squad than the prospect of Rafael Benítez regretting excluding Philipp Degen from his Champions League list. There is also no weakness more glaring in Liverpool's transfer strategy than the defence that Benítez fielded at Fulham, the cheapest to appear in the Premier League this weekend with the exception of a club that spent the previous 33 years in the lower leagues, Burnley.It is
Liverpool injury woes worsen as Fernando Torres faces hernia surgery
• Spanish striker intends to play through pain against Lyon• Rafa Benítez has seven in travelling squad with fitness doubtsFernando Torres will this morning board Liverpool's flight for their crucial Champions League tie in Lyon tomorrow nursing a hernia that has plagued the Spaniard for several weeks and may yet require surgery. With Steven Gerrard a confirmed absentee and also under threat of an operation that would keep him out for almost a month, the problems for a besieged Rafael Benítez appear unrelenting.Both Torres and Gerrard were initially believed to have suffered adductor st
Fernando Torres facing turmoil: Striker will play in Lyon but fears are growing that he’ll need surgery
Fernando Torres says he will play in pain against Lyon on Wednesday night as fears grow that he too will need an operation on his damaged groin.
Liverpool duo Fernando Torres and Steven Gerrard face surgery
Liverpool manager Rafael Benítez faces losing his star striker and talismanic captain at crucial stage of season.
Steven Gerrard ruled out of Liverpool FC's Champions League trip to Lyon but Fernando Torres will travel
Steven Gerrard has been ruled out of Liverpool’s Champions League trip to Lyon, but striker Fernando Torres will be on the plane that heads for France tomorrow.
Rafa Benitez clings on to hope that Liverpool star Fernando Torres will be fit to face Lyon
Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez believes his controversial decision to take off Fernando Torres at the weekend gives the star striker a chance of facing Lyon.
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