The Brazilian midfielder was carried off on a stretcher with an ankle injury late on following a heavy tackle although the injury is not thought to be too serious. Emmanuel Adebayor opened the scoring from Theo Walcott's 17th-minute cross and Nacer Barazite doubled the advantage with a ferocious strike from wide on the right after 66 minutes. secured a second successive pre-season victory as goals from Lee Peltier, Peter Crouch and Ray Putterill earned a 3-0 win over at Gresty Road.
There were no debuts for Fernando Torres, Yossi Benayoun and Ryan Babel but Ukrainian striker Andriy Voronin looked lively in his first appearance for the Reds. Sylvain Distin, David Nugent, Sulley Muntari and Hermann Hreidarsson all made their debuts as Harry Redknapp's side eased to a 2-0 victory at The Brazilian midfielder was carried off on a stretcher with an ankle injury late on following a heavy tackle although the injury is not thought to be too serious.
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