Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez says Fabio Aurelio has been one of their best performers this season.

He said: "I think he is playing very well. He was talking in the press conference about set pieces and he scored a lot of goals for us this way at Valencia. He is a fantastic player with quality and has had a few problems with injuries, but he is one of the players with a lot of quality in our squad.

"If he can play a few games in a row then you will see how sharp and how much of a good player he really is. Everybody talks about Gerrard or Alonso, but technically I think he is even better than them."