Football Corner

Liverpool star Momo Sissoko is set to miss the rest of the season with a similar condition to Man United's Paul Scholes. Sissoko has a very serious eye injury that could threaten his whole carrer. He picked up the injury during Liverpool's 1-0 defeat to Benfica on Tuesday night in the Champions League second round. However, Benitez is resigned to being without the former Valencia man for the rest of this campaign.

"He is now more confident about the situation, and we must wait a week for him to have rest and then he will see another specialist," said Benitez. "It is the first time I have seen such a bad eye injury, he needs to rest now. I expect him to play again, but this season will be difficult.

"He is back in Liverpool, he cannot travel so he will stay here for rest. He has heard all the things people have been saying about the injury but for now it is better that he rests and keeps calm. "He is a big loss, but the most important thing is the health of a player. "You have players injured, but when it is this serious you must be more concerned about his health first.

"I do not expect Momo to play again this season, maybe we will see him working again within a few months." In Sissoko's absence Steven Gerrard is expected to revert to his preferred role in central midfield after playing most of the season on the right.

"He (Gerrard) can change matches, and he can do that better from the centre," added Benitez. "Losing Sissoko means the option for central midfield does involve Gerrard. "(Xabi) Alonso and (Dietmar) Hamann can play in the middle, but maybe it is time to start using someone else on the right side.

"Momo was working for everyone, a fantastic player with so much energy right across midfield. "Gerrard is a different type of player but he has more quality and he can change games. "Luis Garcia, too, can play in three different positions, but if we need to use Gerrard in the middle then Luis can play on the right."

This is obviously a big blow for Liverpool football club because losing one of your top performers for your team sure isn't easy. Sissoko has done very very well this season and he was probably hoping to keep up his consistancy for the rest of the season but unfortunatly this has happened. Get well soon Momo!