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| Hope it's okay I opened this now!?  QUOTE ALONSO AND MASCH INJURY LATEST
Xabi Alonso is a doubt for Saturday's trip to West Ham - though both Javier Mascherano and Fernando Torres should be fit.
Alonso left the field on a stretcher last weekend following a high challenge from Newcastle's Joey Barton.
The Spaniard was followed into the treatment room by Mascherano, who was substituted with a twisted ankle.
"Xabi is the main doubt for the weekend," Benitez told Liverpoolfc.tv. "He has been working and hopefully he will be better in a few days. He is improving but we have to wait.
"We'll have to check him for the weekend because it is more serious than Mascherano's injury."
Fernando Torres is in line for a return at Upton Park after missing Sunday's 3-0 win with a hamstring problem.
"He is training with the physios and maybe tomorrow he will start training with the rest of the team," added Benitez. "I think he will make the weekend."
Meanwhile, Torres is likely to travel with Spain to the Confederations Cup in South Africa next month, but Benitez is hopeful his star striker will have plenty of recuperation time during the summer.
He said: "We have to work together with the fitness coaches and also the doctors of Spain during the summer and hopefully it will be okay for him."
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