Robbie Fowler is recovering this morning after being attacked during a night out in Liverpool city centre.
The 25-year-old Liverpool player did not need hospital treatment according to police, who have since arrested a 39-year-old man over the attack.
Fowler was seen with facial injuries shortly after 2 a.m. outside the Wonder Bar in the heart of the city's pub and club district.
A police spokesman said: "Shortly after 2 a.m. police were called to the Wonder Bar in the Slater Street area of Liverpool.
"Robbie Fowler, the Liverpool footballer, was seen outside the premises having been assaulted. He was suffering slight injuries to his face.
"Detectives are investigating the incident. Witnesses are being interviewed and statements taken. A 39-year-old Liverpool man has been arrested on suspicion of having inflicted the injuries.
"Robbie Fowler did not go to hospital," the spokesman added.
In July last year a 24-year-old man admitted punching Fowler in the toilets of a Liverpool hotel.
The England international, the subject of recent transfer speculation, was drinking at the Moat House Hotel following his last game of the season before suspension.
Paul Noon of Everton was originally accused of causing grievous bodily harm but the charge was later reduced to unlawful and malicious wounding.
He was jailed for 18 months after a court heard how Fowler suffered a broken nose, a chipped tooth, a black eye and bruising to the back of his head. PA
