Saturday's match against Stoke didn't provide much in the way of top quality individual
performances to look back on over the longest break between games in December or January, but
amongst the many disappointing showings was yet another quality outing for Martin Skrtel. Six
months ago fans impatiently waited for Phil Jones or Scott Dann to arrive on the transfer market
and bump the Slovak down the depth chart, and now all the rugged defender does is turn in one man
of the match calibre performance after another.
Skrtel Suffers Injury Setback
Martin Skrtel has been dealt with a bitter blow whereby he is set to miss the start of
Liverpool's season through injury. The Slovak played every single minute for Liverpool in the
Premier League last campaign but, due to an ongoing calf injury, the centre-back has yet to set a
date when he is likely to return to action.