Jamie Carragher has been arrested and cautioned by police for common assault.

The former England international, 30, was questioned on Wednesday about a roadside argument with a man near his Crosby home on Tuesday.

Carragher had been on his way to training at the club's Melwood ground at the time.

The assault was reported to Merseyside Police by a witness to the incident involving the Bootle-born player.

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Rafa admitted his side's 2-0 Champions League win over 10-man Inter Milan was crucial after another turbulent week for him.

He also admitted that he finds it easier to influence European games than he does Premier League matches.

The Spaniard has come under intense pressure this season and none more so than this week following Liverpool's FA Cup exit to Barnsley at the weekend.

And he said: "I think everyone knew we needed this. It was really important for the club and fans that we won.

"I have always had confidence in this team and we will win a lot of games."

Said Carra of Gerrard's contribution during the match: "We would have been delighted at 1-0 but to get the second with a great goal by Stevie was the icing on the cake."

"He's one of the best players in the world and I think he is made for the Champions League, when all the top teams come up against us."

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Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher heaped praise on man of the match and hat-trick hero Fernando Torres after they beat Reading 4-2 in the Carling Cup.

The Spaniard caused the Reading defence problems all night and rounded off a fine display with a late goal to secure his treble.

"He's won us the game," Carragher told Sky Sports. "It was a tight game, a very difficult game but he's made the difference.

"Some great finishes but it's not just his goals, it's his all round work for the team."

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Looking to protect a 1-0 advantage from the first leg, The Reds will be without their two most influential players for the third qualifying round tie.

Gerrard has been ruled out with the broken toe, which forced him to sit out the weekend win over Sunderland and last week's England friendly against Germany. Mohamed Sissoko took his place in midfield at The Stadium of Light, but Javier Mascherano is also pressing for a starting role.

Carragher is absent due to the rib injury he sustained in the 2-0 success at Sunderland, with Daniel Agger to take his spot in the side.

All things considered, Liverpool should brush aside Toulouse today to book their place in the group stage of Champions League.

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Liverpool have confirmed that Jamie Carragher has sustained a broken rib.

The centre-back was substituted 15 minutes from the end of Liverpool's match with Sunderland on Saturday after a collision with Reds goalkeeper Jose Reina.

Tests on Carragher's injury have now revealed that he has broken a rib and suffered a pneumothorax, or collapsed lung.

Carragher's injuries will not require further treatment, but he is likely to miss Tuesday's UEFA Champions League third qualifying round second leg clash with Toulouse.

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Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher have both signed new contracts at the club.

Skipper and vice-captain have pledged their futures to their home-town club until 2011.

The England duo were understandably ecstatic to have put pen-to-paper.

'I am very pleased. Obviously we are both local lads and I've always said I wanted to stay here for the rest of my career,' said Carragher.

'Hopefully I've got one more (contract) left in me that will take me until the end of my career.

'I have signed for four years and hopefully I can still be a regular in the team. That's the aim anyway.'

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Jamie Carragher's cold assessment of Liverpool's failure in Athens was brutally clear: "We were just not good enough."

Anfield's lion-hearted defender saw AC Milan grab their opener from a free-kick deflected past Jose Reina by Filippo Inzaghi's arm, before a late break through the Reds' defence by the same striker as Liverpool were pressing desperately for an equaliser.

Dirk Kuyt's late effort was not enough to haul the final into extra-time, and Carragher said: "The honest truth is that we were not good enough.

"There's no point making excuses, Milan just about deserved it. But nobody remembers the runners-up, we know we did not do enough.

"I am not going to moan about things that went against us. We did not do enough and we must pick ourselves up and have another go next season."

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Jamie Carragher is not underestimating PSV because he was part of a Liverpool side who became European champions despite being underdogs.

On paper Liverpool seemed to get the easiest draw with their quarter-final clash against the Dutch side, but Carragher knows that they were underdogs at every stage in 2005 as well as being underdogs against Barcelona in the last round.

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(Guardian Unlimited) Jamie Carragher is the supporting actor who keeps stealing the film. And yet the Academy refuses to acknowledge him in an appropriate fashion. No matter how many times Carragher defies the world's greatest attackers, the praise he receives remains resolutely patronising and faint - as if the only reason he excels is because Liverpool's defensive nature means he is given a showy role as the backs-to-the-wall hero.

If it was that easy, everybody would be doing it. All evidence gathered over the last three seasons of the Champions League, football's most relevant genre, suggests that Carragher is a defender of the truest substance. Paradoxically, he is one of the best defenders in Europe and yet only the fourth-best in England, behind John Terry, Rio Ferdinand and Jonathan Woodgate (or, before him, Sol Campbell). Carragher has always lurked in the shadow of Terry, apparently the Stuart MacGill to his Shane Warne; even in 2005, when he inspired Liverpool to the Champions League, it was Terry who was won Uefa's Best Defender award. Yet his performances against the very best sides have been of a consistently higher standard.

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Steven Gerrard told Liverpool's new American owners to keep faith with manager Rafael Benitez because he views the Spaniard as "one of the great geniuses of the modern game".

Gerrard and fellow Scouser Jamie Carragher pulled no punches at their first meeting with George Gillett and Tom Hicks - but presented the pair with a signed shirt each.

Gillett said: "They spoke extremely warmly about Rafa and made us aware that they feel this man is truly one of the great geniuses in the recent history of the sport.

"Secondly, they wanted to talk about players and to encourage us to support Rick and Rafa's efforts in building the team.

"They were also clear with their views on the stadium. They made us aware the sound, the energy and the passion that Anfield provides needs to be incorporated into the design of the new stadium."

The £470million takeover means work is now expected to start on the new 60,000-seater Stanley Park stadium within the next two months, with the new owners also considering selling the naming rights on the ground.

Gillett and Hicks made clear, however, that there was no chance of sharing the stadium with Everton.

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