This means that he'll be out for weeks rather than months.
The bad news is that he's more than likely to miss the Anfield derby a week on Saturday.
And we could really do with him ripping them apart the way he did in September.
But at least we've got a free weekend this weekend to give the little gunslinger every chance to make a recovery before the February 3rd high noon showdown.
The other good news is that the bad and completely unnecessary wild west analogies end there!