Benitez weighs up the fatigue factor

RAFAEL BENITEZ must decide exactly how tired cup hero Florent Sinama-Pongolle is before deciding whether to plunge the youngster into the Premiership clash at Aston Villa.
Benitez weighs up the fatigue factor

The Liverpool manager will revert to his senior stars, despite the high quality displays by a team of reserves in the Carling Cup quarter-final victory over Tottenham in midweek.

Pongolle scored the late equaliser from the penalty spot and then blasted home the penalty shoot-out winner to send Benitez’s youngsters into a semi-final clash with Watford.

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