Yossi Benayoun
Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez will have to decide whether Israeli midfielder Yossi Benayoun is fit to travel to France to face Lille for tomorrow's Europa League clash.
According to the Liverpool Echo, Benayoun picked up a slight ankle injury during Liverpool's disappointing 1-0 defeat at Wigan on Monday night. He was unable to take part in the warm down and has been receiving treatment since then.
Benitez is already without Maxi Rodriguez and Fabio Aurelio for the final sixteen clash in France, although Daniel Agger has returned from illness and is available.
TheLiverpool manager was unhappy at Monday's performance but insisted that it is good to have another game so quickly after the Wigan defeat.
Benitez said, “We had done well in the last 10 games and showed in games against Stoke, Blackburn and Bolton that we knew how to battle,
“We have just got to make sure we move forward quickly. It was always going to be difficult to qualify for the Champions League and it is even more difficult now.
“We just have to carry on and make sure that we are ready to get three points in our next game against Portsmouth.
“Sometimes in football it is better to rest but it is good that we have got a game so quickly; we will stick together and work hard.”
