Sissoko out of Birmingham trip

Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez will be without Mohamed Sissoko at Birmingham tomorrow as he has a thigh strain.

Dietmar Hamann and Bolo Zenden are both pushing for a return to a team aiming to improve on one league goal in four games.

Striker Fernando Morientes has returned to training after a hamstring injury but the match at St Andrews may have come too soon for him.

Probable squad: Reina, Finnan, Hyppia, Carragher, Warnock, Sinama-Pongole, Gerrard, Alonso, Riise, Luis Garcia, Hamann, Zenden, Crouch, Carson, Josemi, Morientes, Cisse, Traore.