Houllier set to make crunch decision

The Reds travel to Holland on the back of a 3-2 defeat at the hands of Fulham, and now Houllier must decide if Henchoz, who came through 45 minutes of a Reserve team match unscathed on Monday, is fit and ready to partner Sami Hyypia at the back.

He said: "Stephane did well on Monday - he had a good half. We didn't want to play him for the full match because he was not 100%.

"I will see at training in Holland if he is available for Thursday."