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DANIEL AGGER insists he’s happy to keep playing with a minor fracture in his knee cap after the Liverpool defender initially feared he would sidelined for the rest of the year.

The Danish centre-back was stretchered off in the closing stages of the Reds’ recent defeat to Manchester United after colliding with team-mate Glen Johnson.

Agger believed he had suffered the latest in a long line of serious injury blows during his Anfield career.

However, a scan revealed there was no ligament damage and just a small crack in the bone which wasn’t serious enough to keep him out.

Agger responded well to treatment and just six days later was fit enough to return to the starting line up for last Saturday’s 5-2 rout of Norwich City.

“I feared the worst when it happened,” admitted Agger.

“When I tried to get up the muscle in my knee just didn’t work. I felt really unsteady and the medical staff thought I had done my ligaments.

“I thought it was a bad one and that I would be out for months. But, thankfully, it was just a really hard knock to the knee.

“I’ve got a small fracture in the bone but it’s only a minor thing. It’s not a problem. I only started training again last Friday but I was fine for the Norwich game.

“I felt really comfortable and I’m enjoying it. I think I deserved a bit of luck after the problems I’ve had in the past.”

Agger admits Saturday’s first league win of the season has given Brendan Rodgers’ squad a lift ahead of tomorrow night’s Europa League clash with Udinese at Anfield.

However, the 27-year-old insists there is still room for improvement after Norwich punished two defensive slips to ensure the Reds’ wait for a first league clean sheet goes on.

“We’ve played well like that in a number of games but the difference last Saturday was that we got the goals,” added Agger.

“We could have had even more because we created a lot of chances but five was enough. The win was good for confidence and we needed the three points.

“The only disappointment was the goals we conceded. That’s something we definitely have to work on.

“It’s always easier to win games if you keep a clean sheet. Even when we’re playing good attacking football we have to be able to keep the back closed.”

Agger is hoping striker Luis Suarez will build on his stunning hat-trick at Carrow Road.

“When Luis plays like that it’s difficult to find the words to describe his performance,” he said.

“They were three great finishes and the quality he possesses is so good.”