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Ngog in fitness race
Liverpool, 10:49, September 9, 2010 , | No Comments
Striker David Ngog is winning his battle to be fit for Liverpool's tricky trip to Birmingham on Sunday.
Ngog picked up a hamstring injury a couple of weeks ago and subsequently pulled out of the French U21 squad with the problem.
However, he is now close to full fitness and is expected to be in the squad for the trip to St Andrew's this weekend.
"He has been nursing a problem but is much better now. We were obliged to withdraw him from the squad because when they got together 10 days ago he wasn't fit.
"The French people were very good about that and realised there was a problem. I am hoping that he will recover in time for this weekend. We have nursed him through and hopefully he will train either today or Friday."
Ngog may only be on the bench against Blues anyway even if he is fit with Daniel Pacheco and Ryan Babel pushing for a start up front alongside Fernando Torres.
Fabio Aurelio is also doing well following a minor Achilles injury and should make the squad for Sunday.
"Fabio is making very good progress and is definitely moving in the right direction. It was a relatively minor problem but one we had to nip in the bud because achilles injuries can be very problematic," Hodgson added.
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