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The club in tomorrow's UEFA Champions League round of 16 match against Leverkusen will have to do without several key players. Unfortunately for all English club fans, among the players who will not be playing tomorrow is the team captain Steven Gerrard, who is considered one of the best midfielders in the world. The 24-year-old player is suspended for one match, so he will be able to help his team in the return leg match in Germany. The much better news is that tomorrow the team will most likely be able to count on the winger from Australia, Harry Kewell. The team will also be missing two players who joined the club just this winter - Spanish forward Fernando Morientes and Argentine defender Mauricio Pellegrino. Both of these players have already played in European cup competitions for other teams this year. Due to serious injuries, the team will also be without Xabi Alonso, Florent Sinama-Pongolle, and the French striker Djibril Cissé, who is recovering from a broken leg. It is questionable whether the young striker Neil Mellor, who has already scored several important goals this season, will be able to play tomorrow due to his injury. The German club also suffered losses. Tomorrow in Liverpool we will definitely not see the Croatian defender Marko Babic, who suffered a shin injury, and the defender Jens Nowotny, who injured his knee. There are unofficial reports that this injury could even end the 31-year-old player's career.
