Mascherano boost for Reds

Mascherano boost for Reds
Monday Mar 10 2008 10:31

Liverpool midfielder Javier Mascherano has been passed fit to play in Tuesday's Champions League clash with Internazionale.

The Argentina international missed Saturday's 3-0 Premier League victory over Newcastle United with a muscle problem, but flew out to Italy on Monday with the rest of his team-mates after being given the all-clear.

The Reds are leading 2-0 in the first knockout round tie following a successful first leg at Anfield two weeks ago, but captain Steven Gerrard has warned his colleagues not to under-estimate the Italian champions at the San Siro.

"Inter Milan are a top side and we know what a difficult task it's going to be to get through," he told the club's official website.

"We'll probably need to turn in our best performance of the season to do it.

"We'll need a really big display with every player fighting for every ball and showing everyone how desperate we are to go into the last eight.

"We can't go there thinking we've got a 2-0 lead. We're going there with a mindset of it being 0-0 and us needing to produce another majestic European performance to get through.

"I'm really confident we can do it. They're a top side but we feel as if we're a good team as well.

"We've got a good record on the road in Europe and, if we play to our capabilities, then we're a difficult team to beat."


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