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.Gerrard was immediately substituted by Benitez after his apparent forearm to the back of Brown's neck in the second half.'I don't think so,' said the Spaniard when asked if he was worried about retrospective action against his captain.'I haven't seen it but I was asking and I think it was nothing.'Benitez also played down the immediate substitution of Gerrard, adding: 'We were thinking of changing Torres, Glen Johnson and Gerrard and we did it.'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.That went no further as the official said he had seen the incident at the time and decided it did not warrant any action.

Source: Liverpool_Echo