Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Liverpool Legend Dalglish Tips Torres To Bounce Back Against Manchester United

Kenny Dalglish has sprung to the defence of Liverpool's under-fire striker Fernando Torres, following his disappointing performance at Birmingham City.

Liverpool drew a blank at St Andrews on Sunday, drawing 0-0 with Birmingham in an uninspiring display by the Reds.

Spanish striker Fernando Torres has come in for particular criticism with former Liverpool midfielder Jamie Redknapp branding his display "diabolical" and Ray Clemence calling 'El Nino' "a shadow of his former self."

However, Anfield legend Dalglish, now a club ambassador, told Talksport that although Torres had suffered a bad day at the office against Birmingham, he is likely to bounce back against arch-rivals Manchester United at the weekend.

Dalglish said, “I don't think Fernando would think it was one of his better games but certainly he came as close as anybody in the Liverpool team to score a goal.

"He's been through a lot, he had a lot of injuries last year and even in the World Cup final he was injured. He's come back this year and I think he's only played two or three games but he scored one against West Brom.

"He might have a bad day but he's not a bad player. There's no one anywhere who wouldn't have him in the side.

"It might have been a bad day at the office for Fernando but he's a really good guy, he’s a real quality player and I'm sure he'll be looking forward already to Manchester United on Sunday. He's not got a bad record there."

Torres has been an enormous success at Liverpool since joining from Atletico Madrid in 2007 and has scored an average of more than a goal every two games during his time at Anfield so far. Last season Torres scored an impressive 22 goals, despite injuries restricting him to only 32 appearances for Liverpool.

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