Liverpool v Lille: Alberto Aquilani ready to help salvage season

Bystaff 935AM GMT seventeen March 2010

Off the symbol Alberto Aquilani says he is entirely fit and ready to assistance spin Liverpool"s deteriorate around Photo AP

Having scored his long-awaited initial idea for Liverpool in Monday"s 4-1 win over Portsmouth, Aquilani is unfortunate to have his participation felt in between right away and the finish of the season.

The Italian international"s initial year in English football has been blighted by damage to such an border that, roughly eight months after his �17 million move from Roma, the Portsmouth diversion was usually his fifth begin on the Premier League stage.

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But Aquilani insists his damage problems are right away at the back of him and is concerned to fool around an successful purpose as Liverpool"s deteriorate reaches a vicious stage.

Rafa Benitez"s stuttering side contingency overturn a 1-0 necessity when they perform Lille in the determining leg of their Europa League last sixteen tie at Anfield on Thursday prior to confronting Premier League leaders Manchester United at Old Trafford on Sunday.

Aquilani has been used sparingly by Benitez given recuperating from a critical ankle damage but he has spoken himself fit and accessible as Liverpool conflict to secure a top-four finish in the joining and a place in subsequent season"s Champions League.

"When I arrived I pronounced I longed for to measure in front of the Kop and I"m unequivocally happy to have finished so," pronounced Aquilani. "The main thing is that the group played well opposite Portsmouth and won, though.

"I have had to wait for a prolonged time and it has been a formidable deteriorate for me, nearing with an injury, but I have felt ready to fool around for a prolonged time.

"My possibility came opposite Portsmouth but the main reason I am happy is since we won, we scored 4 goals and we played well.

"It has to be the begin of a run to the finish of the season. We played well, so we are happy, but right away we have a really formidable diversion on Sunday.

"Is that the genuine Alberto Aquilani? I don"t know. Every player can regularly do more, can"t they?"

Aquilani insists he is wise in to Liverpool"s complement and believes he is building a utilitarian bargain with Liverpool"s 15-goal striker Fernando Torres.

"Fernando is a great player, and so is Steven Gerrard, so it is easy to fool around with them and all of the alternative players, too," combined Aquilani.

"I do feel I can work well with Fernando."

The Europa League represents Liverpool"s last idea of avoiding a fourth unbroken deteriorate but silverware.

Benitez"s side scored 3 times in 6 first-half mins to fall short Portsmouth and Jose Reina is perfectionist the group shows a identical cruel beef opposite Lille.

Eden Hazard"s late idea gave the French club, dual points adrift of leaders Bordeaux in the French pretension competition after violence Grenoble 1-0 on Sunday, a slight value from the initial leg.

"It was an implausible 6 mins opposite Portsmouth but we have to have certain we repeat that on Thursday and Sunday," pronounced Liverpool"s Spanish general keeper.

"We deserved a little critique since patently things haven"t been going as we wanted, but we know this patrol is some-more or less the same as last season, so we can perform well and fool around great football.

"Now we have to infer it. We have to keep this momentum."

Lille defender Adil Rami is relishing an additional crack at silencing Liverpool assailant Torres.

"You have to be so clever with him," the Corsican-born centre-back told uefa.com. "He"s great in the air, he"s clever and he imposes himself. Above all, you can"t let him spin since when he does he runs at 2,000 kilometres an hour!

"But I did flattering well. Apart from one impulse in the initial half when I attempted to take the round past him, I managed to keep my concentration."