Reds will help Riise

Last updated : 25 April 2008 By Al Campbell
Riise's 94th minute equaliser on Tuesday gives Chelsea the advantage ahead of Wednesday's semi-final second leg but Pepe Reina has echoed Jamie Carragher's call in defending the Norweigan.

"Of course it was a bad way to concede, but he was just trying to clear the ball. It was an accident," said the Liverpool goalkeeper.

"Going into the last minute it was going to be a great result for us, but we have to help him now and he knows that. I just said to him 'carry on, that's football.' How many times has he cleared things and played fantastic for us. We have to support him."