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Brendan Rodgers alleviated fears about the extent of Fabio Borini's shoulder injury after the Liverpool FC striker went off in their last-gasp 1-0 defeat to Roma at Boston's Fenway Park.

The Italy international, who is stalling over a £14million move to Sunderland after the Reds agreed a fee, lasted just 12 minutes against his former club.

Borini indicated to the bench that he couldn't continue after landing heavily on his right shoulder after a strong challenge from Seydou Keita.

However, Rodgers insists the 23-year-old only suffered bruising and should be fit enough to resume training when Liverpool's tour of the US moves on to Chicago this weekend.

“It's probably not as bad as first thought,” Rodgers said.

“He's had problems in the past with his shoulders but he has only bruised it.

“He will miss a few days and won't train now for the remainder of our stay in Boston but it will only be a matter of days before he's back training and playing again.

“Regards his future, we will see. He's still a Liverpool player.

“We've obviously had a substantial bid from another Premier League club but at this moment in time it's something he's thinking about with his representatives. In the mean time he's training hard to get fit for Liverpool.”

A largely uneventful contest appeared to be heading for penalties before Roma substitute Marco Borriello grabbed a 90th minute winner. The former Milan striker's volley took a deflection to leave Brad Jones beaten.

Rodgers used 19 players with Jordan Henderson getting his first run out of pre-season in front of principal owner John W Henry and chairman Tom Werner.

Most of the club's England contingent were held back having only started their pre-season preparations earlier this week.

Philippe Coutinho was once again Liverpool's outstanding performer with the little Brazilian getting a warm ovation from the packed crowd when he was substituted late on.

Martin Skrtel captained the Reds with Uruguayan centre-back Sebastian Coates alongside him.

Coates, whose last competitive outing for the club was against QPR in May 2013, is looking to kick-start his career after missing most of last season with a serious knee injury.

A short spell on loan at Nacional in his homeland helped him force his way into Uruguay's World Cup squad but his prospects at Anfield appear bleak.

With Rodgers looking to wrap up a deal for Southampton Dejan Lovren, this was surely a case of putting Coates in the shop window.

There was a first start of the summer for left-back Jose Enrique after making his comeback following eight months out as a substitute at Preston last weekend.

With Lucas Leiva in the deep holding midfield role, Rodgers went with Joe Allen and Coutinho in the central roles.

Jordon Ibe operated on the left with Borini on the opposite flank supporting lone frontman Rickie Lambert, who had returned to training a week earlier than his fellow England internationals.

Before kick-off there was a tribute to mark the 25th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster earlier this year.

A banner saying 'Never Forgotten, 25 years' was placed in the centre circle and during the minute's silence Kenny Dalglish released 96 balloons into the sky.

Ashley Cole, who signed for Roma on a free transfer after his contract expired at Chelsea, was among their line up, as well as fellow new boy Juan Iturbe. The Argentine midfielder, dubbed the 'new Messi', cost them £17.4million from Verona.

Liverpool were forced into a reshuffle inside 12 minutes after Borini went off clutching his right shoulder.

Emre Can, who had overcome a minor calf problem, replaced him with Coutinho moving out to the right.

The opening 45 minutes proved to be instantly forgettable with the tempo of the game painfully slow and chances at a premium.

Can was neat and tidy and showcased his physical prowess, while Coutinho showed flashes of his huge ability.

Lambert produced one fine piece of control and delivered an inviting pass which released Ibe but the teenager had strayed offside.

It was Roma who threatened first with veteran skipper Francesco Totti unable to convert Cole's cross 12 minutes before the break.

Liverpool were carved apart by slick link up play between Radja Nainggolan and Cole but the cross was at an awkward height and Totti could only knee it wide from six yards.

Belgium international Nainggolan infuriated Can soon after with a dangerous studs up challenge which earned him a booking.

Rodgers made just one change for the second half with Robinson replacing Enrique at left-back.

There was an instant improvement from the Reds as they moved the ball quicker and with more intent.

Coutinho fizzed a 25-yarder narrowly wide and then Lambert was thwarted by Alessio Romagnoli's fine block after latching on to Martin Kelly's cross.

Just before the hour mark Coutinho's vision picked out Lambert, whose fierce left-footer was parried by Lukasz Skorupski.

Kristoffer Peterson and Daniel Agger came on for Lambert and Coates as Liverpool continued to look the more likely to break the deadlock.

Peterson was a late inclusion for this trip after being rewarded for his efforts against Brondby and Preston, and once again he caught the eye.

The Swedish teenager's cross-shot was pushed away by Skorupski and Coutinho's effort from the follow up was blocked.

Conor Coady, Suso, Henderson and 16-year-old Adam Phillips all got run outs late on.

Phillips' enthusiasm saw him rile the Italians as his full-blooded lunge on Salih Ucan earned him a booking.

When Jones saved from Antonio Sanabria it looked set to finish goalless but Borriello had the final word to ensure Roma repeated their victory over Liverpool in this fixture two years ago.

Liverpool: Jones, Kelly (Coady 68), Skrtel, Coates (Agger 60), Enrique (Robinson 46), Lucas, Allen (Henderson 77), Coutinho (Phillips 84), Borini (Can 12), Lambert (Peterson 60), Ibe (Suso 77).

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