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Dalglish rules out Aquilani return to Anfield after Lucas injury
Kenny Dalglish has ruled out the possibility of Alberto Aquilani returning to Liverpool to fill
the void left by the injury to Lucas.
View the full story here: The Mail
A news article on 2011-12-02 22:59:37 from: The Mail
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Kenny Dalglish believes Liverpool can cope without injured Lucas Leiva
• No decision whether midfielder will have surgery • Alberto Aquilani cannot be recalled
from Milan Kenny Dalglish has ruled out a possible return to Liverpool for Alberto Aquilani and
insisted there is no pressure to act in the January transfer window as a result of Lucas Leiva's
injury.
Steven Gerrard remains sidelined by an ankle infection, but boss Kenny Dalglish insists the
Liverpool FC skipper will be back "sooner rather than later".
The 31-year-old midfielder has been out for five weeks since he was diagnosed with the problem on
the eve of the Liverpool FC trip to West Brom in late October.
Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish has tried to lessen the significance of the loss of midfielder
Lucas Leiva by insisting all his players have crucial roles to play.
The Scot has to contend with being without his defensive midfielder for the rest of the season. And
while the Brazil international has been key to most of what has been good about the side this
season - and last - Dalglish is confident the quality of the team will absorb the loss.
After the Fiorentina game a couple of weeks ago I suggested that Milan could be top of the table by
Christmas because of their fairly easy run of matches before the New Year. As things stand, at
least until tomorrow morning, Milan are top of the heap having beaten both Chievo and Genoa since.
Last [.
The last time Milan entertained Siena before the Tuscans' visit to the Giuseppe Meazza on Saturday
night was on January 17, 2010. That was the game that Ronaldinho, for me, showed his best in the
red and black. A superb hat-trick, one from the spot, one off his head and an absolute
wonder-strike in the [.
Joe Cole was the flagship signing of the ill-fated Roy Hodgson era, and he was a Rafa signing that
Hodgson inherited. For me, like Bellamy, Cole was not given chances to impress at Anfield. It was
also unfortunate that he got sent off in his very first game for Liverpool against Arsenal.