Barclays Premier League – Saturday 22nd December 2007
The stats will show Rafa rotated his team for this game, but that’s because the last game was in the Carling Cup. This team is the one that beat Marseille eleven days ago and then got beaten in the last league game against Manchester United last Sunday.
Liverpool: 25 Reina, 17 Arbeloa, 4 Hyypia, 23 Carragher, 6 Riise, 11 Benayoun, 8 Gerrard, 20 Mascherano, 7 Kewell, 9 Torres, 18 Kuyt
Subs: 30 Itandje, 10 Voronin, 12 Aurelio, 19 Babel, 21 Lucas
Portsmouth: 1 James, 5 Johnson, 23 Campbell, 15 Distin, 7 Hreidarsson, 17 Utaka, 8 Diop, 30 Pedro Mendes, 11 Muntari, 19 Kranjcar, 25 Benjani
Subs: 31 Begovic, 4 Lauren, 10 Nugent, 14 Taylor, 27 Kanu
Referee: Mike Riley
Kick-off: 3:00pm GMT