Benitez could lose key pair

Rafael Benitez could today be dealt a huge double blow by losing Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres for the trip to Sunderland.

Benitez could lose key pair

Rafael Benitez could today be dealt a huge double blow by losing Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres for the trip to Sunderland.

Gerrard has been having treatment for a groin injury sustained on England duty, and after attending Wednesday’s victory over Belarus as a spectator he was confiding to friends that he would not be fit to face Sunderland tomorrow at the Stadium of Light.

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