Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez's joy at his side's dramatic 3-2 win over Manchester City was marred by an injury to defender Martin Skrtel.

It has been revealed that Skrtel sustained cruciate ligament damage. Club spokesman Ian Cotton said: "Martin underwent a scan this morning which showed damage to the posterior cruciate ligament in his right knee.

"He will see a specialist tomorrow to assess the extent of the injury and will then have an accurate idea of the timescales involved before he is back playing again."

Skrtel went down in pain just after clearing the ball at the edge of his own penalty area in the dying minutes of the match.

Benitez said: "That's the bad news for us. When a player like Martin is on the ground you know it's serious so we will keep our fingers crossed that it won't be too bad."