Liverpool will face an anxious wait over Pepe Reina’s fitness after the goalkeeper picked up a muscle injury during the half-time break in Spain’s clash with France on Tuesday night.

The Reds’ first-choice keeper was unable to take his usual place on La Roja’s bench for the game’s second half and will now undergo a physical examination upon returning to Merseyside.

Manchester City’s David Silva was substituted in the game after picking up a hamstring injury, while Alvaro Arbeloa was also withdrawn with a similar knock.

Reina told reporters: “The injury is not serious. I got injured at half-time. Today [Wednesday] I will do more tests at Liverpool.”

The Spaniard has only missed four Premier League games for the Reds since May 2007, with a run out of the team being enforced on him towards the end of last season due to suspension.

Liverpool managing director Ian Ayre has confirmed the club will not sell the naming rights to Anfield should plans to redevelop the stadium go ahead.

The Merseyside outfit announced their desire to increase the stadium’s existing capacity to around 60,000 on Monday – ruling out the possibility of moving to a new ground.

Speculation had suggested the naming rights could be sold as a way of helping the club finance the £150million costs but, while Ayre admitted the Reds had considered it a possibility had they moved to a new ground, he insisted it would not happen at Anfield.

“There won’t be a naming rights deal for Anfield,” Ayre told the Liverpool Echo. “It was only something we looked at when we were assessing the option of a new stadium.

“Naming rights was a difficult process but we weren’t without our suitors. We have had and still have interest around it.

“A new stadium would never have happened without it but that was only one part of it.

“We had to balance the two possible options. It was about finding the best solution for the club and we feel very strongly that this is the right one.

“Our preference was always to stay at Anfield and this is a major step forward.”

Fernando Torres has lost none of his affection for former club Liverpool, despite his move Premier League rivals Chelsea meaning that he is no longer the icon that he once was at Anfield.

The striker spoke of his love for the team and the area in the wake of recent and ongoing revelations regarding the Hillsborough tragedy and its subsequent cover-up, an ordeal that has greatly affected the city of Liverpool over the past 23 years.

“When I heard about Hillsborough I got excited, as I have known a lot of people who lived that, who cried with that … somehow, I made it mine,” Torres told El Pais.

Speaking about football matters, Torres reiterated his appreciation for the time that he spent at Liverpool, singling out the club’s fans and former manager Rafa Benitez for specific praise. The striker also hinted that the “truth” surrounding the circumstances of his departure is still not a matter of public knowledge.

He added: “I owe very much to Liverpool, their fans, Benitez … Liverpool is a big part of my life. I know I’m not well-considered now but I’m sure that will change in the future.

“Finally, I decided to leave because it was a step in my career. It was not the best way of leaving but it was not the way they sold it. Someday people will know the truth.”

Torres’ performances since leaving for the Blues have attracted plenty of criticism but the Spaniard also discussed how he has learnt to pay little attention to his detractors.

“The scars hurt in the beginning,” he revealed,”but then you learn you’re not alone on this. Social networks show you how people follow and support you. But yes, there is a moment you tend to protect yourself.

“I learnt the critics couldn’t hurt me, I just had to know how to take advantage of them. You’re the only one who can say: ‘You’re getting wrong; you have to react’.

“I’m not the same who left Madrid some years ago but I still keep the values I learnt there. I’ve been lucky as I started very young. One can think he knows everything but you don’t.”