Source: Liverpool_Echo
Liverpool FC Rafa Benitez plays down skipper Steven Gerrard’s clash with Michael Brown
RAFAEL BENITEZ is confident captain Steven Gerrard will escape retrospective action for a clash with Portsmouth midfielder Michael Brown in the 4-1 win at Anfield.[LNB]Gerrard was immediately substituted by Benitez after his apparent forearm to the back of Brown's neck in the second half.[LNB]'I don't think so,' said the Spaniard when asked if he was worried about retrospective action against his captain.[LNB]'I haven't seen it but I was asking and I think it was nothing.'[LNB]Benitez also played down the immediate substitution of Gerrard, adding: 'We were thinking of changing Torres, Glen Johnson and Gerrard and we did it.'[LNB]Only a week ago Gerrard found himself in a similar situation for an alleged v-sign made at referee Andre Marriner in the defeat at Wigan.[LNB]That went no further as the official said he had seen the incident at the time and decided it did not warrant any action.
