Liverpool's captain Steven Gerrard has been left out of the team for tis morning's Euiropean football Champions League quarter-final second leg against Chelsea after failing to recover from a thigh injury.
Gerrard has scored seven goals in this season's Champions League and his absence will be a big blow to Liverpool, who are trying to overturn a 3-1 defeat from the first leg at Anfield.
The England midfielder suffered the injury in the first game against Chelsea and was kept on the substitutes' bench for Saturday's Premier League game against Blackburn Rovers.
