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Neal angry over Stevie treatment

Fabio Capello has been accused of treating Steven Gerrard unfairly by Phil Neal.

Gerrard will miss England's friendly against Germany with a groin injury, but his club are understood to be furious that Capello insisted on the Football Association's medical staff assessing the problem, even though Liverpool had already ruled the player out.

Manchester United pair Rio Ferdinand and Wayne Rooney are also absent due to injuries but neither was asked to travel to the team hotel near Watford for a second opinion.

Neal, who was an England assistant under Graham Taylor, said: "Capello is exerting his authority.

"But did he question the other players from other clubs about their particular fitness problems? You just wonder whether the rule is the same for them all."

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