Liverpool will rest skipper Steven Gerrard for the final home
game of the Barclays Premiership season against Aston Villa to give
him plenty of time to recover from a slight thigh muscle strain in
time for the Champions League final on May 25.
Boss Rafa Benitez will also be without Spanish midfielder Luis
Garcia with a similar injury, and could even rest defender Jamie
Carragher, who has played in every Premiership game so far this
term - Mauricio Pellegrino, who is ineligible for the Istanbul
final with AC Milan, stands by.
Benitez has confirmed that striker Djibril Cisse will start his
first match since breaking his leg at Blackburn in October, giving
him the chance to stake his claim for a place in the European final
side.
