How long since torres last scored

The Spaniard's form improved under his former Liverpool manager. But only thirty-four goals overall in two and a half seasons at Stamford Bridge was still nowhere near the goals-per-game ratio he had enjoyed as a Liverpool player.

He also played in three domestic cup-ties, the European Super Cup match against Bayern Munich at the start of the season and nine Champions League matches, including both legs of the semi-final against his first club, Atletico Madrid. His goal return for the season was eleven from forty-one matches. After three and a half years as a Chelsea player the year-old striker agreed to move on loan for two years to Italian club AC Milan.

He had only scored one league goal in minutes for the Milan club when it was announced on 27 December that he was going to make his move permanent in January. Only 48 hours later Milan loaned Torres for 18 months to his boyhood club, Atletico for whom he appeared in the Champions League final, which was lost on penalties to city rivals Real.

The move was made permanent for no fee in July and he won his first trophy, with Atletico in when he came on as a late substitute in the Europa League final. Torres became a free agent in the summer of and promptly joined Sagan Tosu in the Japanese league, scoring three times in seventeen league appearances during his first season.

In the campaign he failed to score in any of his first ten games. Torres announced his in June that he would be retiring that year. H e was the player who completed my game. I think my level got into a different dimension when I was on the pitch with him. It was an amazing three-and-a-half years playing alongside Steven and I would love to go back to those days - even for one minute.

Fernando Torres played his th game for Liverpool vs. Wigan Athletic on 16th December. How does his scoring record compare to other Liverpool greats after their landmark th game? Fernando Torres was signed by Liverpool on 4th July In his first interview in English football, Fernando Torres talks to Liverpoolfc.

Through Liverpool's illustrious history has a player rarely performed as greatly in his debut season as Fernando Torres. Liverpool's new striker, revelling in being given his chance on the biggest stage, tells Guillem Balague about his Anfield hopes.

The Times on He is a good player. We would not have been interested in him if he wasn't. We just lost interest after a while because you can get fed up of going back to the same venue all the time. I think also the fact that Rafael Benitez is Spanish may have helped Liverpool conclude the deal.

People here always said that the Premiership was a perfect competition for Torres. He is strong, tall, very fast and very talented. Torres is not a classic "in box" striker and this season scored 14 goals, despite being played as a winger. He only played the last four matches as a forward, and scored four goals in those matches. For five consecutive years, he has been the clear top scorer of the team.

And all this in a team which plays dreadful football. Torres improved a lot this year in one-on-ones with the goalkeeper and also improved in terms of ball control. He can score goals from wherever he wants, his first touch is fantastic and and he is a good header of the ball.

In my opinion, he is one of the best strikers in Europe, but plays in a team that don't play attacking football. It makes it much easier to adapt. At my club I couldn't achieve my aspirations and I thought Liverpool's offer would give me the most at this stage in my career. Also, there's the relationship between the fans and the club - the social background of Liverpool's fans, from a hard-working city supporting a hard-working club, this is very important to me.

Fernando Torres has already won the Liverpool fans over with this confession. When Roger was around, if there was a chance inside the 18 yard box then the ball was in the back of the net - there was no question about that.

He got into positions that no-one else would ever dream of getting into and that's the same with Torres. You don't think he has any chance of doing anything because he has two men around him, but then he drops his shoulder, does a nutmeg and the ball is in the net.

That's exactly what Roger used to do and he was a World Cup winner. I don't think people realise how hard it was for Fernando at Atletico Madrid.

He was captain of them when he was 18 - just one-and-a-half years after he had been a professional. There was so much pressure on him and he was only a kid.

Since moving here, all that pressure has gone away. He couldn't even walk down the street when he was in Madrid. Being in Liverpool was like a release for him and I think he has been unbelievable since he came here. He settled in so quickly, he scored a lot of goals and everyone is really happy with him.

He's got a great character. But if we leave him like we did at Goodison? We know what is going to happen Mikel Arteta speaks of his admiration for Fernando Torres in January I was more of an inside forward before I became an out and out striker, like Torres is now. What I've noticed about Torres is that he is also very good at bringing other players into the game and he is a very intelligent player.

The sale of Arbeloa, Hyypia and Alonso was an important loss. Alvaro was a player who did a vital job for us, always played to a high level and his flexibility was a huge bonus. He went on to bag 21 goals in after being named Vicente Calderon's youngest ever skipper at the age of Seven months later he chalked up a first international goal against Italy. The forward would go on to net three times in the World Cup in Germany.

Clubs around Europe, including Manchester United and Arsenal, were understandably circling. However, in May it became clear Torres had his heart set on Merseyside when he revealed the phrase 'We'll Never Walk Alone' on the inside of his captain's armband during a match between Atletico and Real Sociedad.

Two months of speculation and paper talk ensued before the striker was finally unveiled at Melwood. Torres made his competitive debut for Liverpool at Villa Park on August 11, A week later he smashed in his first official goal he'd already scored in a pre-season friendly versus Shanghai Shenhua when a trademark burst of pace against Chelsea sent Anfield wild. Successive home hat-tricks to see off Middlesbrough and West Ham helped the hitman total 33 in , including 24 in the league to overtake Ruud van Nistelrooy and become the most prolific foreigner ever in a debut season in England.

As if all this wasn't enough, Torres then topped off an incredible season by helping Spain to Euro glory in Austria and Switzerland. It was he who scored the winner in the final against Germany - one of two throughout the tournament. Remarkably, it was Spain's first major honour since - and our No. A series of hamstring injuries disrupted , though a haul of 17 goals from 38 appearances aided Liverpool's best title charge since Torres spent a large part of the summer that followed in South Africa, where an awesome minute hat-trick against New Zealand saw Spain through to the Confederations Cup semi-finals.