Gerrard hoping to return

Last updated : 14 September 2007 By Rich Middleton
The Reds boss admitted he was unhappy with the number of players who were away on international duty but that he believed Gerrad would be bale to perform.

"I might not be really happy to see my players going all around the world, playing 90 minutes in every game, but because you cannot change the situation you need to see how the player is afterwards and hopefully Stevie can play against Portsmouth," Benitez said.

"I was disappointed he played the full 90 minutes but we must have a lot of respect for managers and in this case I don' t want to say too much. I said congratulations to Stevie and congratulations to Steve McClaren and the country, but we knew it could be like this."