Liverpool's Spain striker Fernando Torres may miss the struggling English Premier League club's derby clash with the city rivals Everton later this month after suffering another injury setback.
Torres was forced off the pitch inside the first 10 minutes of Sunday's defeat by Blackpool with a groin injury, and the 26-year-old could now face two weeks on the sidelines.
He has already been ruled out of Spain's Euro 2012 qualifiers at home to Lithuania on Friday and away to Scotland on Tuesday.
"Fernando was assessed at Melwood and underwent a scan this afternoon," Liverpool's head of sports medicine and sports science, Dr Peter Brukner, told the club's official website on Monday.
"He will have intensive treatment over the next couple of weeks, but it is too early to say if he will be fit for the game against Everton."
The former Atletico Madrid star has endured a frustrating year, battling for both form and fitness.
Despite picking up a World Cup winners' medal with Spain in July, Torres' summer ended in disappointing fashion, as he exited the final against Netherlands early through injury after failing to score during the tournament.
He has also struggled to find the net at the start of the 2010-11 Premier League season, scoring just one goal in six matches.
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