Liverpool duo set to start against Gunners

Fernando Torres and Alberto Aquilani could both start against Arsenal this weekend, Rafa Benitez confirmed.

Aquilani, who has been out for eight months, played 75 minutes against Fiorentina while Torres featured for 25 minutes after returning from injury.

Benitez said: “It was important for us to have Fernando back in midweek. We wanted to give him some minutes. He was quite sharp and felt okay after the game.

“We know he’s a player who can make a difference, so we will decide in the next training session on Saturday.

“He has been working with the physios and training very hard.”

On Aquilani, he said: “We always try to decide on the day because we want to see how the player trains first, but why not? We have to keep working and we will decide after Saturday’s training session.

“Aquilani showed the quality he has against Fiorentina. The match fitness still has to improve but in terms of his vision, his passing was very good. We will see.

“He is a different type of player to what we have at this moment and we have to keep working with him.”

Nabil El Zhar, Albert Riera and Martin Kelly have all been ruled out of the clash following injuries.

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1. rako says:

   12th December, 2009 at 11:49 pm

   hopefully they’ll start and we’ll win

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2. mari says:

   15th December, 2009 at 2:24 pm

   i love frenando torres and i wont to be footbaLERAM

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