Pennant confident of Reds success

Pennant has made four Champions League appearances this season (Getty)

Jermaine Pennant is confident that Liverpool can reach a third Champions League final at Chelsea's expense.

The Reds must score at Stamford Bridge to stand a chance of reaching the final following a 1-1 draw in the semi-final first leg at Anfield last Tuesday.

Pennant told BBC Radio Merseyside: "If we can keep a clean sheet and then score a goal that's us through.

"It will be tough but we believe that we can do it. It's not out of our hands, it's in our hands."

The 25-year-old winger has missed four months of the season through a combination of a fractured shin and a double hernia problem.

Pennant played in Liverpool's defeat at the hands of AC Milan in last year's final and said he felt that he had just started to find his feet at the club before he was injured.

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"I was in the team regularly on the back of my performance in the final but then I got injured," he said.

"It is hard to jump back into the side after four months out when someone is playing well. That's no-one's fault."

Pennant believes he will have no problem slotting into the system that boss Rafa Benitez has recently introduced to Liverpool.

"He has got wingers playing with Steven Gerrard behind Torres," added Pennant. "I can play on the wing, that's my position."