"I should not have played on Sunday but Skrtel became ill and there was not much I could do. I was thrown into it," said the Liverpool defender after pulling out of Denmark's friendly with Turkey on Tuesday.
"I have a pulled groin. It was something that should have kept me out on Sunday but it did not. I played the game. It takes hopefully only a few days (to recover).
"The reason why I have cancelled for Wednesday is that it is a bit early to play three days after I played 90 minutes with a groin problem."
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