The England international did not travel with his club ahead of Thursday night's Europa League last 16 first leg against Braga in Portugal and it is feared that he could be facing an operation.
Gerrard clearly played at less than 100 per cent in last Sunday's win over Manchester United and the previous weekend's defeat to West Ham, and Liverpool are set to make a decision on their skipper's fitness on Friday.The 30-year-old has been carrying the injury for a month and has already missed four matches for club and country as a result, with possible surgery also likely to rule him out of Englan
d's Euro 2012 qualifier with Wales and the friendly against Ghana.
Dalglish confesses that his skipper is struggling, but the Liverpool boss is also eager to avoid speculation, as he said: "For Steven and us it's a niggling problem to which we have to find a solution.
