The injury list gets longer

Last updated : 25 September 2015 By Adam Bryant

Christian Benteke has been ruled out of Saturday's game against his former club Aston Villa after picking up a hamstring injury in the Norwich game.

“Christian will probably be out for a little bit of time," admitted Brendan Rodgers in Friday's press conference.

Roberto Firmino is also out with a back injury, while Dejan Lovren has ligament damage, both picked up in Wednesday night's Carling Cup tie with Carlisle United.

“Young Firmino landed awkwardly in the game the other night and there is another scan on his back, but he may have cracked a bone in his back," added Rodgers. "We’ll see how he’ll be over the coming weeks, but certainly he’ll be unavailable for tomorrow.

"Dejan Lovren will be out for probably a few weeks with his ligament injury. So, unfortunately, those three are unavailable.”

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