boss Brendan Rodgers has admitted that Luis Suarez must harbour the goalscoring responsibilities for the club, and that rotating or resting the forward may not be an option.

The Reds have a lack of depth in attack, with Fabio Borini and Suarez the only recognised frontmen at the club.

The Italian has broken a bone in his foot and as such requires surgery, leaving Rodgers with only Suarez in attack until January.

"I've rested him a couple of times knowing the squad we have and the games we have, looking to prioritise, but like most footballers he wants to play every minute of every game," Rodgers told Sky Sports.

"It is something I need to assess. The most important thing is winning games - that is what we need to do and in order to do that as often as we can I need the best players on the field.

"Luis will absolutely love playing three times a week but I need to try to nurture him because there are still many games to play between now and January.

"And even in January if we bring someone in it may not be January 1, so that is something which, over time, I need to assess and we'll look to manage the squad," he continued.

Andy Carroll is currently on loan at West Ham, but the Northern Irish coach has stated that he has not considered bringing the England international back to Anfield as cover.

"It isn't something I have considered, to be honest.

"Andy has obviously gone out to get games. We have people watching when he plays and they report back on how he is doing.

"But with Fabio's injury just coming up we will assess it from there," he concluded.