Injury latest

Last updated : 31 October 2007 By Al Campbell
Fernando Torres is likely to be out for a fortnight, not the three weeks originally envisioned while Daniel Agger is 10-16 days away from making a return. Javier Mascherano is already back in training while the club are still awaiting the results on Xabi Alonso who saw a specialist yesterday.

"It is the same problem as before with Fernando. Hopefully he can be fit in two weeks," said Rafael Benitez.

"We thought he was ready for the Arsenal game and during the match I asked him two or three times if he was okay because clearly he wasn't fit. He is not the sort of player who normally gets injuries and that's the reason he didn't feel what he had. That was the problem.

"Javier is okay. He trained today and so we've had good luck with him.

"Daniel Agger is continuing to progress but with this kind of injury he needs time. I think we need to wait another 10-16 days."