Steven Gerrard hits out at criticism of Fernando Torres
Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard has his out at the criticism being levied at team-mate Fernando Torres.
The 2010 FIFA World Cup winner Torres has not enjoyed the most fruitful of starts to the English Premier League season, having scored only once during the Reds’ dismal start to the season which has seen
them pick up just six points from seven games. He missed the opening few games due to injury and is believed to still be working his way back to full fitness. Regardless, he has been slammed by several pundits for an apparent lack of interest in playing for
the Reds.
Criticism 'over the top'
However, Gerrard has insisted that the criticism of the Spaniard is “over the top”.
He told LFC Weekly that: "If a player's form isn't there or he's fighting for full fitness after injuries it's normal that their body language isn't perfect. I'm the same. If I'm not playing at the levels
I know I can, or if I'm struggling with an injury, people say the same things about me.”
Gerrard added that the only way to make a world-class player such as Torres happy was for him to be scoring and playing well on a regular basis.
"The only time a centre-forward's body language is 100 per cent right is when they're scoring in every game, that's the way they are. That's why players like that are the best in the world, because if
they come off the pitch without scoring or producing a nine out of ten or ten out of ten performance they're not happy. That's what helps to make them so good. (Torres) wasn't 100 per cent going into the World Cup and he had a lot of criticism over the summer.
But he'll bounce back.”
Tags: