Skrtel facing long lay-off

by Anfield Online | Monday 6th October 2008 | @jd77

The results of Martin Skrtel’s initial scan confirmed many Liverpool fans worse fears that the player has damaged his cruciate ligament, arguably the second most serious injury a footballer can sustain after decapitation.

The damage is to the posterior cruciate ligament in his right knee but the full extent of the damage will not be assessed until he meets a specialist tomorrow.

Whilst this is bad news, there is a small amount of hope as damage to the posterior ligament tends to be less severe than the anterior ligament.

Either way the player faces a lengthy lay off.

Get well soon Martin.

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Boon
Skrtel, YNWA. We are all behind you all the way till you are back to boss the EPL strikers once more. Come back fast !!! We love you.
Matt Spade
Get well soon, Super Martin!
jiggalo
Karma,
if he had been sent off for doing a Bruce Lee on JO then this would not have happened.
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You’re rock solid defending, so is your posterior ligament. You’ll be back in no time and You’ll Never Walk Alone.
Your calender jumps from March 31st to April 2nd cause no one fools Martin Skrtel.
Get well soon, mate.
aziz hussain
Hey Terminator!
C’est la vie.
Just don’t get disheartened nor fear of a repetition when it is over.Take your time to heal,physically and more importantly mentally.We don’t want to lose an asset.
Heads up man!
johnny
u have come into the kop wif a bang, looking forward 2 seeing u bangin the door in every strikers face again and helpin us on r way 4 the title. get well soon
Joe Mack
Ah, the one player at the back we don’t want to lose, got your back Martin, see you back on the pitch soon.
King Sensai
What a great player, we will miss him.
Hope we can cope without him.
Sujit
Get well soon Martin
It won’t be long when you will be back in the field dismantling opposition’s defence.
We will be with you always. You will never walk alone
jonyb
This is a big blow for us, but Agger is a much better defender, use your head Rafa, bring Agger back…!