Daniel Sturridge will miss six weeks with a second thigh strain of his injury-plagued season.
Sturridge was sent for a scan on Wednesday having pulled up in training for what was scheduled to be his return from a 10-week lay-off against Crystal Palace on Sunday.
Sturridge missed six weeks with that initial problem and, though Liverpool have not put a timeframe on his latest absence, he is expected to be out for a further six weeks and is therefore unlikely to play again in 2014.