Injuries pose problems for Benitez

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.

But France Under-21 forward Florent Sinama-Pongolle, who missed the 2-2 draw with Blackburn, will be fit having recovered from shin and calf injuries sustained in the bruising Carling Cup win at Millwall last week.