Liverpool will assess whether to utilise Steven Gerrard in Wednesday's FA Cup fourth round replay at Bolton Wanderers as the captain recovers from a tight hamstring.

The No.8 was not involved in the weekend victory over West Ham United, having played all 120 minutes of the Capital One Cup semi-final decider against Chelsea.

Gerrard watched from the stands as Raheem Sterling and the returning Daniel Sturridge grabbed second-half goals to secure a third straight Barclays Premier League win.

Next up is a return FA Cup meeting with Neil Lennon's Bolton, who held the Reds to a goalless draw in their initial meeting at Anfield in January, to decide progress.

At his pre-match press conference from Melwood on Monday ahead of the game, Rodgers was asked whether the midfielder is available to make his 700th appearance.

The manager said: "Yes, he's fine. He trained great this morning. I've got to look at the risk as well, and how tight his hamstring was after the game. It was 120 minutes.

"We measure the recovery process and look at that. If it's too much of a risk we feel, like you saw on Saturday we have got other players to come in and we can just manage that recovery process for him individually.

"Then it allows him to maybe miss the game, have a bridging session - like he did yesterday and came into the session today and was outstanding, with no ill effects - and then prepares him for the game on Wednesday, if selected."