Mohamed Sissoko will on Monday undergo a medical at Liverpool – and manager Rafael Benitez believes the prospective signing will be a better player than Patrick Vieira.

Xabi Alonso is determined to provide the spark which helps Liverpool win the Champions League tonight and end Anfield’s 21-year wait for a fifth victory on the biggest stage in European club football.

Juventus 0 Liverpool 0 (Liverpool win 2-1 on aggregate)

Liverpool forced a goalless draw against Italian giants Juventus to ensure Premier League representation in the Champions League final in Istanbul on May 25.

Liverpool 2 Everton 1

Bayer Leverkusen 1 Liverpool 3 (Liverpool win 6-2 on aggregate)

Jose Mourinho insists the pressure of Chelsea’s treble bid will not affect him - even as he faces his second Football Association charge of the season for losing his cool in his Carling Cup triumph over Liverpool.

Chelsea 3 Liverpool 2

Chelsea 3 Liverpool 2

Michael Owen’s Real ambition is undimmed – and he is determined to remain in Spain to fight for a starting role at the Bernabeu.

LIVERPOOL will be without Spanish midfielder Luis Garcia for the trip to Birmingham as he serves a one-match suspension for collecting five bookings.

Liverpool will be without Spanish midfielder Luis Garcia for the trip to Birmingham as he serves a one-match suspension for collecting five bookings.

Liverpool winger Antonio Nunez admits he has found the physical element of the English game a problem since his summer move from Real Madrid.

RAFAEL BENITEZ last night claimed Liverpool are a better team than Everton and insisted they can catch their Mersey rivals in the race for Champions League qualification.

Liverpool midfielder Dietmar Hamann returns from a one-match suspension for his side’s home clash with Fulham tomorrow.

Liverpool striker Florent Sinama-Pongolle could be ruled out of action for the rest of the season after the club confirmed he has torn his anterior cruciate ligament.

Defender Sami Hyypia’s thigh problem rules him out of the Carling Cup semi-final second leg at Watford.

Steven Gerrard is a major Liverpool doubt for the Premiership trip to Southampton with a groin injury that has been troubling him all week, and it has now emerged would have ruled him out of the FA Cup defeat at Burnley.

Wayne Rooney was abused, booked and had a mobile phone thrown at him, but he still emerged as Manchester United’s hero with the winner in a heated north west derby.

Liverpool 1 Watford 0

Liverpool have confirmed Xabi Alonso and Chris Kirkland will be out for three months.

Xabi Alonso has joined Liverpool’s growing injury list and is set for two months out with a broken ankle.

Chelsea celebrated in front of their fans at Anfield as if they had already won the championship. It may be a few months away yet but after their fourth straight league victory they will take some stopping now.

Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso broke his ankle during the first half of today’s Barclays Premiership game against Chelsea.

Rafael Benitez focused his sights on a top-four place in the Premiership after watching Liverpool destroy rock-bottom West Brom at The Hawthorns.

West Bromwich Albion 0 Liverpool 5

Antonio Nunez insists Rafael Benitez can bring the European glory years back to Liverpool.

Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez dropped Djimi Traore, Dietmar Hamann and Antonio Nunez to the bench following the disappointing 1-1 home draw with Portsmouth in midweek.

LIVERPOOL manager Rafael Benitez is facing a goalkeeping dilemma going into the crucial festive programme.

Liverpool 1 Portsmouth 1

Liverpool 1 Portsmouth 1

Everton boss David Moyes reverted to his tried and trusted first eleven for the 200th Merseyside derby with the return of Leon Osman to midfield with Duncan Ferguson back on the bench.

Liverpool 3 Olympiacos 1

Aston Villa 1 Liverpool 1

Rafael Benitez will resist the temptation to call in the Liverpool cavalry and dump the next generation of Reds as the Carling Cup starts to get serious tonight.

Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez will continue to rotate his squad for the Carling Cup quarter-final at Tottenham.

Liverpool 2 Arsenal 1

ANTONIO NUNEZ is set to return to action with Liverpool reserves tonight, rare good news on the injury front for the Anfield club.

STEVEN GERRARD made his long-awaited comeback in the reserves for Liverpool last night as a second-half substitute.

Liverpool have confirmed that Steven Gerrard will make his long-awaited comeback in their reserves tonight as a second-half substitute.

RAFAEL BENITEZ left Spain a champion and returns for the first time with his new side tonight, determined to see things through to the bitter end.

Rafael Benitez will be without £14m (€20.2m) striker Djibril Cisse, who broke his left leg in two places at the weekend, for Liverpool’s Champions League game with Deportivo La Coruna.