Liverpool will give Israel midfielder Yossi Benayoun until the last possible moment to prove his fitness in time to face Portsmouth.
Benayoun missed the trip to France on Thursday with an ankle injury but the hope is he will have shaken off the problem by Monday night and Maxi Rodriguez will also return to the squad after ineligibility ruled him out of the Lille defeat.
Meanwhile, Rafa Benitez believes Fernando Torres is getting back to his best: "There are signs Torres is coming back," said Benitez. "He was working hard today and maybe his pace is coming back. There were still a lot of positives. "
The main thing for me was the team, but there were some individuals that were playing at the level that is expected of them."