By Mighty Reds
October 18 2005

Rafa Benitez has at last got a selection headache to deal with ahead of the CL clash with Anderlecht. Djibril Cisse, after scoring the goal that beat Blackburn on Saturday is in the frame along with Peter Crouch, Fernando Morientes and Florent Sinama-Pongolle. Neil Mellor is also set to return after a 10 month lay off.
He now must decide who is to play up front.. It’s also believed that Harry Kewell will be on the bench for Wednesdays match.

He said:


"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."