RAFA: WE WILL ATTACK INTER

Rafael Benitez insists he will send his Liverpool side out to attack Inter Milan when they face the Italian Champions in the San Siro on Tuesday night.
The Reds go into the match holding a 2-0 advantage from the first-leg at Anfield but the Spaniard does not feel his side must be extra cautious and is instead, hopeful that he has the personnel that can score a vital away goal and book Liverpool's place in the quarter-finals of the Champions League. "We were considering different options because maybe we have some players that they cannot cope with or manage," said Benitez. "We will analyse how the team does in the training session tonight and then we will see. "We know that we cannot defend for a long time against a good team so we need to attack and score if that is possible. "I have a lot of confidence we can go forward so my idea is to prepare properly and to win." Liverpool arrive in Italy on the back of a five-match winning streak in which Fernando Torres has plundered seven goals - including two back-to-back hat-tricks at Anfield against Middlesbrough and West Ham respectively. The Spain international gave the Inter defence a torrid time in the first-leg three weeks earlier, with Marco Materazzi receiving his marching orders for two separate fouls on the striker, and Benitez is confident El Nino can terrorise them again in the San Siro and be Liverpool's hero once more. "I think that we know Torres is on fire and his understanding with Gerrard is good," said Rafa. "The team is playing well now so we have confidence and we know that at the end of the day you need to score and Torres can be the key man for us." Ahead of the game the Reds boss has been boosted by the news that Javier Mascherano will be fit after he recovered form the dead leg he suffered against West Ham - but he has also revealed his side will have to cope without the influence of Spanish playmaker Xabi Alonso. "Mascherano is okay and is fit. He will be here." said Benitez. "But Alonso's girlfriend is having a baby so he will not be here. Maybe we will try to change without Xabi. We have the training session tonight (Monday) and then we will decide.