Liverpool No2 Colin Pascoe has played down an injury scare for Steven Gerrard.

Pascoe explained Gerrard's second-half withdrawal from victory over Tottenham due to a hamstring issue was a precautionary measure.

"It was precautionary [with Steven]," he said. "He looked over and could feel a little bit in his hamstring, so we just took him off for precautionary reasons.

Raheem Sterling was missing on the night.

"Raheem was injured. He took a lot of knocks at Bolton - he had a great game at Bolton but took a lot of knocks.

"Again against Everton, he had a couple of blows and in the second half we probably should have taken him off a bit earlier because he was hobbling a bit. That's why he wasn't available tonight."