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Liverpool FC should discover the extent of Daniel Sturridge’s thigh injury tomorrow – but are hopeful that the problem is not as bad as initially feared.

The Reds striker sustained the problem during training with England on Friday morning, and was immediately ruled out of the European Championship qualifier with Switzerland in Basel on tonight.

He returned to Merseyside over the weekend, and has been closely monitored by Liverpool’s medical team since. A definitive diagnosis is expected today.

At present, Sturridge has not officially been ruled out of Saturday’s Premier League clash with Aston Villa at Anfield, though Reds boss Brendan Rodgers will be wary of taking any risks with his first-choice forward.

Liverpool do have options, should Sturridge face a spell on the sidelines, with Mario Balotelli, Lazar Markovic, Raheem Sterling and Fabio Borini all able to operate as forwards. Rodgers, though, knows the importance of the man who netted 24 goals in all competitions last season. Sturridge himself took to social media on Monday to hint that he would be back in action before too long. “Be back soon,” was the message posted on the 24-year-old’s Instagram account.

Elsewhere, Rodgers should have Jordan Henderson available for the weekend.

The midfielder was another player to pick up a problem on England duty, rolling his ankle during a training exercise on Sunday afternoon.

But after treatment, the Wearsider was able to play the full 90 minutes against Switzerland last night. And providing there are no ill-effects, he should be fine to feature against Villa.

Rodgers should also be able to call on the services of £25m summer signing Adam Lallana, who is now fully recovered from a knee injury. Lallana is yet to feature since his move from Southampton, having picked up the problem on the summer tour of the USA.

He had been expected to be in Rodgers’ squad for the win at Tottenham 10 days ago, but missed out.

But he came through a behind-closed-doors friendly against Wolves at Melwood last week, scoring the only goal of the game, and is now in line to make his long-awaited debut this weekend.

Liverpool already have doubts over the fitness of Glen Johnson (thigh) and Martin Skrtel (knee).