Brendan Rodgers gives his verdict on injuries

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has admitted that he is counting the cost of seeing three of his players pull up injured in Tuesday night's 4-2 win over Notts County in the League Cup.

The Reds played the last 20 minutes of extra time with a man less after using all three substitutes, and Rodgers said that it was a tough night following knocks to Kolo Toure, Joe Allen and Aly Cissokho.

"Kolo Toure, we need to assess it. His groin opened up a wee bit. He overstretched his groin and it doesn't look so good, to be honest," Rodgers told the club's official website.

"Cissokho was devastated; he shouldn't be [out] too long. He's got a knock in his ankle. He was distraught to come off in his first start [at Anfield].

"Joe Allen's may well be a hamstring so we'll have a look at that. We'll know more in the morning but it wasn't a good night injury-wise."

The Reds have won all three of their games so far this season.