Benitez is hopeful of having more players back for Tuesday's Champions League game against Debrecen after both Benayoun and Aurelio recovered from knocks to make subsitute appearances yesterday.
"We have to see how Babel and Agger progress for the next game on Tuesday but the positives are that Benayoun played, Riera was available on the bench and Fabio Aurelio came on and played - that's very good news," said the boss.
"Hopefully we'll have Johnson back for Tuesday."
