Steven Gerrard's long-term fitness holds the key to what Liverpool can still achieve this season. Manager Rafael Benitez is still privately furious that Gerrard sustained and aggravated a groin injury on England duty. The midfielder is already out of Saturday's Premier League trip to Fulham and has little chance of being involved in the vital Champions League game at Lyon next Wednesday. Benitez is well aware that a poor result at Craven Cottage, followed by an almost certain exit from Europe if they lose in Lyon, will see him back in the firing line. But the prospect of an operation for Gerrard is not being ruled out, and that would mean an even longer absence. Fernando Torres, still not fully fit from his groin injury, will be pressed into service at Fulham and Lyon but Glen Johnson will not play tomorrow and is doubtful for Lyon.
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