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| Gerrard out for four weeks |
England and Liverpool had an agreement that Gerrard should only play for an hour, but after Barry was forced to come off and the England manager said he no choice but keep Gerrard on due to lack of senior players on the pitch and with Gerrard playing on longer than expected, he was forced to withdraw when he pulled his hamstring.
Dr Peter Brukner speaking on Liverpool TV said, "Steven injured his hamstring last night. He's just been in for an early assessment here and it certainly looks like a significant hamstring injury.
"He's just heading off for a scan as we speak and we should have the results of that tonight.
"He's going to be out for a little while, I'm afraid. I'd imagine it could be three to four weeks.
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Fans were disappointed to see Gerrard play 85 minutes of the friendly match after an agreement with the FA was broke, but Dr Brukner remains philosophical about the situation.
"If you put your hand up to play for your country, you've got to accept how long they want you to play for," he said.
"There were obviously circumstances last night which came together to result in Steven playing for a bit longer than we'd hoped, which is disappointing but there's nothing we can do about that now.
"We'll move on and work as hard as we can to get him back playing for Liverpool as soon as possible."
Earlier in the day head of fitness and conditioning Darren Burgess posted a tweet slamming England's behaviour as 'disgraceful'
He also went on to add, "Unbelievable from all associated with England and English FA with regard to Steven Gerrard's injury. Completely ignored agreement and past history.
"Completely amateurish and now we pay for their incompetence. Absolutely disgraceful."
When speaking on the agreement with the FA & Liverpool, England manager Fabio Capello added, "We spoke with Steve and he said he would play one hour, but after Barry's injury we had some problems,"
"That was the reason he stayed on the pitch. If it's possible, the players will play the time we agreed with the club. admitted Capello.
"But Barry was really injured so we needed someone senior on the pitch because it was a really young team. He said he was good.
"They [Liverpool] asked that he can play one hour if it's possible. They can't decide how long a player plays with the national team.
"If it's possible, he'd have played an hour. I understand why they're upset and I'm also upset.
"The problem is that, when you play this game on Wednesday after a lot of Premier League, Europa League or Champions League games, it's possible there might be an injury for a player. The Premier League, every time, is a tough league for the players."
