Benitez – Aquilani is in a Catch22 situation

The Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez is happy that his £20m new signing Alberto Aquilani is now in full training, but he is stuck in the situation of not being match fit, and not being able to get the playing time to become match fit!

Aquilani has been on the bench quite a few times now, but Liverpool have never been in a comfortable winning position to enable Benitez to give him some playing time.

“It has been difficult with Aquilani. He has not been fit so he has no match fitness, therefore I cannot use him.

“Then if he doesn’t play games, he cannot get the match fitness. That has been the difficult circle of events for him and for me to overcome.

“It was difficult again against Debrecen. Early on we could have scored two or three more goals, but towards the end we were under pressure and I could not risk bringing him on in such a situation, he would have needed time to settle.

“I have talked to him and explained. He has to keep working hard in every training session. His chance will come.”

Will Liverpool get in comfortable postion against Everton for Aquilani to get a chance?