The Italian midfielder's short Reds career has been disrupted by injury and, recently, illness, but his manager feels that the signs have been there in recent games that he will become a star on Merseyside.
The 25-year-old had been kept out of the Europa League game against Lille last week but came on as a substitute in the weekend defeat at Manchester United.
"It was a shame he was sick because he had been good for the performance (against Portsmouth)," Benitez told his club's official website.
"You can see he wants to improve and it is important for us to have another player pushing.
"We need players with quality to help us improve until the end of the season. Alberto has got desire and he is working very hard. When we have him available, he can give us a different approach on the pitch in different games.
"Physically you could see he coped with a lot of running last time and it was much better.
"It is a question of time. It is disappointing that he was ill and missed out against Lille but we are hopeful he will continue to improve and play more games before the end of the season."
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haha..Aquailani pass back the ball 50 percent of the time. That's his playing style I noticed since he was playing for Roma. He is nth more than a second Lucas.
Originally posted by Sbao sheng89:haha..Aquailani pass back the ball 50 percent of the time. That's his playing style I noticed since he was playing for Roma. He is nth more than a second Lucas.
Typical anti-rafa who pull data out of their arse.
Typical Ah Ben lover who is kissing Rafa's backside cos he dun have one and over-filled with crap.