Lucas Delighted To Have Cole Back

Liverpool's Lucas Leiva is looking
forward to Joe Cole's return to
domestic action just in time for
one of the biggest matches of
the season. Cole has been
suspended for the last three
Premier League matches after his
red card in the season-opening
fixture against Arsenal. However,
the free-transfer summer signing
from Chelsea will be thrust back
into the team for the short trip to
Manchester United on Sunday.
The 28-year-old warmed up for
the occasion by scoring
Liverpool's fastest European goal
- after just 25 seconds - in
Thursday night's 4-1 Europa
League victory over Steaua
Bucharest. His reintroduction to
the side will bring some much-
needed creativity and is
welcomed by Lucas, even if it
means he will have to settle for a
place on the bench. "Having Joe
back from suspension is a big
advantage for us," said the Brazil
international, who scored his
best goal for the club with a 25-
yard drive against the
Romanians. "He adds a lot of
quality to the team and hopefully
he can make the difference. "We
know it will be a more difficult
game than Thursday when we
go to Old Trafford, but we will go
with confidence and try to win
the game. "After drawing our last
game against Birmingham, we
want to win this game. "It won't
be easy because it's a derby but
hopefully we can do well." Striker
David Ngog will drop back down
to the bench as the rested
Fernando Torres returns but he
does so with his confidence
boosted after two goals against
Steaua. He now has six for the
season, and five in as many
Europa League matches. "It is
always nice for a striker to score
and I was happy to get a couple
and help the team," he said. "It
was a good performance and we
are pleased to have got off to a
good start in this group. "We
know United will be a tough
game because they are strong at
home but we can get a good game.''