Liverpool without Javier Mascherano and Yossi Benayoun

28 September 2009 13:55
Mascherano, a late substitute for Steven Gerrard in Saturday's 6-1 hammering of Hull, is suffering from sickness, while in-form winger Benayoun picked up a thigh injury in the same match. Neither travelled to Italy with the squad. [LNB]Liverpool manager Rafa Benítez would have liked to bring Mascherano back into the starting line-up, but it is now likely that Albert Riera will retain his place. [LNB] Related ArticlesThe Daily Bung: Torres is priceless, but you can have the restLiverpool buy-out reports dismissedFernando Torres 'can still improve'Liverpool have seemed defensively vulnerable at times this season, but they certainly have no problems at the opposite end of the pitch, with 22 goals in seven games making them the Premier League's leading scorers. [LNB]'It is similar to last season we are creating more or less the same situations but now we are scoring more goals because the accuracy is better," said Benítez, who believes his players are better for their title run-in with United last term. [LNB] "It is true we score a lot of goals. It's funny because people were talking before about us needing to score more goals because we were good in defence. [LNB] "Now they are saying we are scoring goals but conceding goals so we can never win. [LNB] "Maybe it is because we are more offensive but it is not because we are changing the system." [LNB] 

Source: Telegraph