SERBIA coach Radomir Antic is backing his players to make history tonight – but claims they are under no pressure.

NORMALLY it is the ‘Poms’ who are accused of whinging, but then Harry Kewell has spent a lot of his playing career in England.

Ghana 1 Australia 1

Ghana 1 Australia 1

Tim Cahill and not Harry Kewell is now looming as Australia’s biggest injury cloud ahead of their World Cup opener against Germany on Sunday night in Durban.

Denmark 0 Australia 1

Brett Emerton has returned to full training two weeks ahead of Australia's opening World Cup match against Germany.

Scott McDonald was one of three players axed from Australia’s World Cup squad today.

Australia coach Pim Verbeek is happy to concede he is taking a calculated risk on Harry Kewell's fitness ahead of the World Cup finals, but believes the striker's qualities ensure it is worth it.

Republic of Ireland 0 Australia 3

Republic of Ireland 0 Australia 2

AUSTRALIA coach Pim Verbeek continues to test out his options ahead of next year’s World Cup after naming three newcomers and recalling Ante Covic and Patrick Kisnorbo to the squad for the friendly against the Republic of Ireland on August 12 at Thomond Park in Limerick.

Rafael Benitez is apparently still determined to continue his pursuit of Gareth Barry.

Australia international Harry Kewell has signed a three-year contract with Turkish champions Galatasaray, the club have claimed.

Harry Kewell put a poor season with Liverpool behind him as he headed the only goal for Australia in their World Cup qualifier against Iraq in Brisbane.

Harry Kewell’s representative has refused to comment on claims that the Australia winger is set to sign for Celtic.

Rafael Benitez has slapped a £15m price tag on England striker Peter Crouch on the day that he lost his first-team coach Alex Miller and confirmed that Harry Kewell will leave Liverpool.

Australia winger Harry Kewell has refused to give up on earning a new Liverpool contract – despite being deemed surplus to requirements by Rafael Benitez for today’s crunch clash with Manchester United.

Jamie Carragher returns for Liverpool after suspension and will play his 350th league game for the club in Sunday's Premier League match at Bolton.

Liverpool have serious defensive problems ahead of their Premier League clash with Middlesbrough at Anfield tomorrow.

Liverpool will have a string of top players back in action for their Champions League clash with Inter Milan at Anfield tomorrow, with Fernando Torres expected to be fit.

Liverpool 1 Barnsley 2

Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez has a big defensive headache ahead of his side’s FA Cup fifth round clash with Barnsley at Anfield tomorrow after Martin Skrtel was ruled out with a calf injury.

Liverpool will be without six key players against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Sunday, with striker Fernando Torres the biggest blow.

Javier Mascherano will return from a one-match suspension for Liverpool’s game at home to Sunderland in the Premier League tomorrow.

PUBLICLY at least, Rafa Benitez insists he is confident he will given time to rejuvenate Liverpool’s fortunes and lead the club into Champions League qualification once again this season.

Liverpool will have all their star players back for tomorrow’s Premier League game at West Ham.

The Examiner’s Chief Football correspondent Liam Mackey returns to active service next week so it’s back to the benches after a run in the first team for your current mediator Allan Prosser.

Liverpool striker Andriy Voronin is expected to be out for six weeks following confirmation that he needs an ankle operation to repair ligament damage.

Liverpool will be without defender Alvaro Arbeloa (abdominal injury) and striker Andriy Voronin (ankle) for the FA Cup fourth round home tie with Havant and Waterlooville.

Under-pressure Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez named a strong side for the FA Cup replay against Luton at Anfield.

Liverpool defender Daniel Agger has suffered a recurrence of the metatarsal injury which has kept him sidelined since September.

Daniel Agger returns to the Liverpool squad at Middlesbrough for the first time since he broke a metatarsal bone in September.

Steven Gerrard has been ruled out of Sunday’s FA Cup tie at Luton with a calf injury.

Liverpool will have Peter Crouch available again for tomorrow’s Barclays Premier League match with Wigan.

HARRY KEWELL is not even thinking about a new contract as he tries to claim a regular place in the Liverpool side.

Man City 0 Liverpool 0

Star man Elano was back for Manchester City but there was no place in Sven-Goran Eriksson’s starting line-up for Rolando Bianchi as the Blues tackle Liverpool at Eastlands looking to jump above their visitors into fourth.

Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez is facing a defensive crisis with veteran Sami Hyypia almost certainly unavailable for Sunday’s trip to Manchester City.

Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez is likely to shuffle his side for the trip to bottom club Derby on St Stephen's Day with a tough away trip to fourth-placed Manchester City on the horizon next Sunday.

Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez praised Fernando Torres and the rest of the team after they got points on the board for the first time in three matches.

Liverpool 4 Portsmouth 1