Rafa ponders keeper conundrum

Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez was today pondering whether to recall Jose Reina in goal for the FA Cup fifth-round home tie with Manchester United or keep faith with Jerzy Dudek, who has managed two clean sheets in the three matches the Spaniard has missed through suspension.

Benitez will also want to assess Peter Crouch’s fitness after the £7m (€10.5m) striker missed the last two games with a heel injury.

Robbie Fowler is cup-tied having played and scored in the tournament for Manchester City this term, which leaves Benitez with further decisions to make up front. Luis Garcia and Djibril Cisse are challenging for places in the starting line-up.

There are fitness doubts over defender Daniel Agger, who limped out of Thursday’s reserve derby win over Everton, Stephen Warnock (groin) and Jan Kromkamp (ankle).

Provisional squad: Reina, Finnan, Carragher, Hyypia, Riise, Traore, Luis Garcia, Sissoko, Hamann, Gerrard, Alonso, Kewell, Morientes, Cisse, Crouch, Dudek, Warnock, Agger, Kromkamp.