Aquilani poised for Anfield debut

Alberto Aquilani will make his first apperance in a Liverpool shirt at Anfield against Birmingham City on Monday night.

The Italian midfielder has been recovering from injury since his move from Roma in August and has already made his debut as a substitute against Arsenal in the Carling Cup last week.

Benitez said: “It could be the time to let the Anfield fans see Aquilani at last.

“He has been getting fitter and had a short spell in a reserve game and then a few minutes at Arsenal in the Carling Cup.

“We had him with us in Lyon last week and I did want to bring him on. But Lucas and Javier Mascherano were controlling the game.

“So we waited a bit, we did not want to change they way the side were playing, even though he could have come on. Then we scored and there was no need to use him, it was just a shame we conceded so late.

“He was almost over the virus and he will certainly be much better on Monday.

“He has trained well. He does not have match fitness, but the only way to improve that is to play him in games.

“We have more players available now, so maybe he can be on the bench and then come on to change the game if necessary. He will certainly be involved.”

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1. waqas says:

   8th November, 2009 at 3:39 pm

   this isnt rafas words!

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2. Hieu says:

   9th November, 2009 at 3:23 am

   about bloody time mate. I remember him saying 2-3 weeks til the debut when we bought Aquilani and it’s been more like 2-3 months.

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3. George Hardaker says:

   9th November, 2009 at 2:03 pm

   what do you mean “about bloody time” if  he had played after 2-3 weeks and made his ankle worse and was out for 3 more months…. maybe you should  stick to cockfighting divi!

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4. lewis says:

   9th November, 2009 at 5:28 pm

   well said george hardaker

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