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Newcastle captain Fabricio Coloccini ruled OUT of Liverpool clash
NEWCASTLE skipper Fabricio Coloccini has been ruled out of Saturday's lunchtime clash with Liverpool due to a groin injury.
Colocinni picked up the groin problem whilst on international duty with Argentina.
And after being assessed by Newcastle medics, manager Alan Pardew revealed the centre-back will not feature against Liverpool at St James' Park.
"We have had an injury to Colo in that time, so he won't feature this weekend," said Pardew.
"How long he misses, we will have to wait and see, so that was disappointing.
"He has a groin injury, so we will have to see how it repairs itself over the next few days."
The 31-year-old Magpies captain led the side to victory at Cardiff in their last outing.