Liverpool midfielder Alberto Aquilani is keen to make his second start for the club when they take on Arsenal at Anfield on Sunday.

The Italy international who signed for the Reds in the summer for £20million, made his full debut against Fiorentina midweek after regaining fitness from an ankle injury and impressed with his performance.

Now the 25-year old wants manager Rafael Benitez to keep him in the starting line-up so he can begin to string some good performances together.

"I need to play, play, play because I'm in a new team, and I need games now. My ankle is fine now, I feel good, and now I need to work hard in training for my body. I really hope I can play against Arsenal," he said.

"I feel good. I'm really happy to have come through my first game. My ankle is better, fully healed and there weren't any problems after basically a year without playing it's great to have played so many minutes, because it means I can have more faith that I'm fully fit again."

Aquilani insisted he will only get better with more and more game time and was delighted to have finally made his first start for his new club.

"There's no fear at all that it might flare up again, I know it's better, so I'm not worried at all about that. I just feel really happy to have played again. It's really important for me to have played, because the more I play, the better I'll get and the fitter I'll be," he added.

Check out Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard, who praised Aquilani for his performance against Fiorentina, in his adidas video.