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Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso could return from injury in time to help the Reds in the quarter-finals of the Champions League. Benitez said: "If everything continues okay, I hope Xabi will be in full training by the last week of March. He will be like a new, very important player for us. "Maybe Xabi will be available for the second game of the quarter-final. He is improving a lot.