Rafa fears dead-ball demise
Rafael Benitez has revealed Liverpool have been concentrating on countering Arsenal's set-piece menace ahead of Tuesday's Champions League showdown at Anfield.
Benitez's troops have succeeded in frustrating the Gunners in two impressive 1-1 draws in Europe and the Barclays Premier League at the Emirates Stadium over the past week.
He said: "We are conceding goals at set pieces, we have talked about this and we are trying to find solutions."
Bentiez added: "It is about small details. We have conceded twice from set pieces in the previous two games. That is a small thing to some but to us it is a big problem."
"They have good players in the air, particularly Emmanuel Adebayor, and Cesc Fabregas produced great delivery from set pieces. And we knew it was a risk, and we have conceded twice.
"But we have conceded too many crosses and set pieces. We have analysed and know we must stop them at source. And we also feel that we should defend with greater intensity in such situations.
"It is not about zone marking - we need to be more aggressive in such situations.
"And I always try to support Reina and encourage him to try to go to attack the ball in the air. He is confident and know he can do that. I have talked with him, and I feel he will be okay for this game."
