Reds can cope - Pepe

Keeper Pepe Reina believes Liverpool will be able to overcome the 2-0 deficit to Zenit St Petersburg on Thursday night.

Brendan Rodgers' side go into the game two down after last week's defeat in Russia but Reina believes they can still progress as confidence is high following the win over Swansea at the weekend.

The Reds will be without Daniel Sturridge and Philippe Coutinho, who are both ineligible, so there will need to be some changes to the starting formation but Reina believes they will cope.

"We'll be fine, there's no doubt the manager will work on [the formation] and we will produce a team that is capable of winning the game and go through to the next round," he told the club's official website.

"As the manager said after the game, the next goal in the tie is going to be vital - and if we can score that goal, with Anfield right behind us, it will be very, very important. We always have great chances at Anfield - five or six chances in front of goal - and this will be no different.



"Two-nil was not what we went [to Zenit] for, but we could have scored two or three goals and it would have been a different story. But it is the way it is and 2-0 is a very tough result to overturn, but if there is one place that can do it, it's Anfield - there is no doubt about that."






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