It has always been one of the more curious aspects of football how some players seem to be more affected by injuries than others.
Many Liverpool players of the glory years of the 1960s, 70s and 80s have revealed they would often hide knocks and play through the pain barrier due to their fear at losing their place in the team which could take months to regain, with legendary manager Bill Shankly said to take unavailability almost as a personal affront and prone to cold-shouldering them until fitness was regained.
The medical advances and sports science at the heart of the modern era, coupled with changes to the laws of the game, mean players now are generally better protected from the agricultural and sometimes brutal treatment which used to be dished out in the ‘good old days’.
