Paul Rogers 18 October 2005 Rafael Benitez has admitted that he's got a selection headache to deal with ahead of Wednesday's Champions League clash with Anderlecht after Djibril Cisse's match-winning strike against Blackburn on Saturday. For the first time this season, the Liverpool manager has four fit strikers to call upon in Peter Crouch, Djibril Cisse, Fernando Morientes and Florent Sinama-Pongolle and now he must decide who gets to play and who doesn't. With Harry Kewell likely to gain a place on the bench on Wednesday night for the first time this term and Neil Mellor set to return in the coming weeks from a 10-month spell out with injury, Benitez's selection issues are about to get even worse.
Far from a problem though, it's a dilemma the Reds boss is positively delighted with.
"Cisse has given me the kind of problem a manager wants with his goal on Saturday," claimed Benitez. "We have a lot more options now because Morientes is fit and Sinama, Cisse and Crouch are all available. That means I can select different players for different games. When the strikers start scoring goals, it's not only good for them, but good for the team.
"Harry is also much better and his return will help Crouch and Morientes. I'm not a manager who decides on eleven starters for the season and sticks with that. I say to the players you should try to convince me you want to play in all the games, and that competitiveness will be important. I need to think about the solutions in attack, but the best thing is having all the players fit to play."
Jay -- LIVERPOOL FC - KINGS OF EUROPE MANCHE$TER BUCCANEERS & BLUEpooE - KINGS OF COMEDY
