Jamie Carragher has won his battle to be fit for Liverpool's clash at Portsmouth at the weekend.
The Liverpool defender has overcome his broken rib injury and has trained normally with his team-mates at Melwood this week.
He is expected to go straight back into the side for Saturday lunchtime's game at Fratton Park when the Reds will be looking to consolidate their position at the top of the table.
"Carragher has been training normally with the rest of the players who’ve been here all week," said Benitez. "He is okay and I think he will be available this weekend, which is good news for us.
"Fabio Aurelio is now getting closer to the squad after playing 45 minutes for the reserves. Harry Kewell is also running again and is nearer to fitness.
"Today, I’m keeping my fingers crossed for the safe return of all our internationals. It's not going to be easy for us to travel to Portsmouth tomorrow to play without one training session.
"All you can ask the players to do when they return is some running, so it's always a difficult time."
Benitez suffered a scare when Daniel Agger was substituted after 28 minutes of Denmark's international against Liechtenstein last night.
However, the Dane was only subbed because he is one yellow card away from a suspension and his country's next fixture is against Spain.
The Liverpool defender has overcome his broken rib injury and has trained normally with his team-mates at Melwood this week.
He is expected to go straight back into the side for Saturday lunchtime's game at Fratton Park when the Reds will be looking to consolidate their position at the top of the table.
"Carragher has been training normally with the rest of the players who’ve been here all week," said Benitez. "He is okay and I think he will be available this weekend, which is good news for us.
"Fabio Aurelio is now getting closer to the squad after playing 45 minutes for the reserves. Harry Kewell is also running again and is nearer to fitness.
"Today, I’m keeping my fingers crossed for the safe return of all our internationals. It's not going to be easy for us to travel to Portsmouth tomorrow to play without one training session.
"All you can ask the players to do when they return is some running, so it's always a difficult time."
Benitez suffered a scare when Daniel Agger was substituted after 28 minutes of Denmark's international against Liechtenstein last night.
However, the Dane was only subbed because he is one yellow card away from a suspension and his country's next fixture is against Spain.
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