Liverpool look for ‘big solutions’

RAFAEL BENITEZ will turn to “big names to solve big problems” when he sends out a patched-up Liverpool at the Stadio Delle Alpi tonight in a bid to reach the last four of the Champions League.

Robbed of his influential skipper Steven Gerrard with a groin injury, Benitez has turned to Xabi Alonso and Djibril Cisse as the Reds look to defend their 2-1 lead from the first leg.

Alonso has played only 45 minutes of a reserve game since New Years’ Day when he broke his ankle and striker Cisse has not even managed that, having badly broken his leg at Blackburn in October.