Reds star set for the knife

Liverpool star midfielder Steven Gerrard looks set for a long period on the sidelines as his groin injury is worse than initially thought. Gerrard picked up the injury while on England duty earlier this month and had to be taken off in the first half of Liverpool's Champions League game against Lyon on 20 October. And now manager Rafa Benitez has admitted that he does not know when his influential captain will be able to return to first-team action and has not ruled out the possibility of surgery. "His progress is slow, we will have to decide what to do if he doesn't progress as quickly as we would hope." said Benitez. "Stevie's worried and a little bit low because he thought he could be better, but he still has the same problem." Liverpool play Fulham on Saturday.