Alonso wishes Cesc well

Liverpool midfielder wishes Fabregas swift return to action

By Richard Bailey   Last updated: 23rd December 2008   Subscribe to RSS Feed

Alonso wishes Cesc well

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Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso has expressed his distress at Spanish team-mate and Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas' injury.

The pair collided after both challenged for the ball in injury-time of the first half in the 1-1 draw between the two sides at the Emirates on Sunday.

Fabregas did not return for the second half and is set to have a scan to discover the extent of his injury on Tuesday afternoon.

The challenge itself looked a fairly routine and innocuous one but the Arsenal skipper limped off, with his manager Arsene Wenger stating after the game that his charge would be out for three weeks.

But reports have speculated that the 21-year-old could be out for much longer with the midfielder himself fearing the worst.

"I'm hoping for a rapid recovery for Cesc," Alonso told Spanish newspaper Marca.

"Now comes the most tedious bit, the recuperation, but I will be there encouraging him. If anything I'm even more upset than Fabregas is.

"It always affects me to see a companion injured, but especially if it is a friend and a national team-mate like Cesc.

"I already went to see him after the game, and from what he told me we both expected it was something serious. But today (Monday) I spoke with him again and, bearing in mind the situation, he was in good spirits.

"It was just another incident in the game and, of course, there was no malicious intent," the Liverpool man said of the tackle.