GERRARD OUT OF LAZIO FRIENDLY

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[/td][/tr][tr][td=1,1,130] [/td][td=1,1,357]Steven Gerrard will miss Liverpool's final pre-season friendly after scans today confirmed he picked up a thigh strain during Tuesday night's victory over Valerenga. [/td][/tr][tr][td=2,1,487]Gerrard was substituted midway through the first half of the 4-1 win and has definitely been ruled out of Friday's Anfield clash with Lazio.
  
Manager Rafael Benitez, who will be hoping his skipper returns for next week's Champions League qualifier against Standard Liege, confirmed: "Scans have confirmed our diagnosis of a thigh strain. Steven will be out for more or less a week."[/td][/tr]