Another injury setback for Benitez

Liverpool have suffered a further injury setback after Fabio Aurelio pulled out of the Brazil squad to face England.

The full-back was named in his country's squad for the friendly in Qatar and was initially tipped to make his international debut against Fabio Capello's side.

However, the injury-prone defender has suffered a knock in the build up to the game and has pulled out of the squad in what will be a further concern to under-pressure Reds boss Rafa Benitez.

Yossi Benayoun and Albert Riera are expected to be out for a month with hamstring injuries while Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres are being nursed through groin problems and Daniel Agger pulled out of the Denmark squad with a recurrence of his back injury.

Liverpool's face Manchester City next weekend and Benitez will have to put together a patched-up side against Mark Hughes' men with fringe players Ryan Babel, Andriy Voronin and David Ngog set to feature.