by account deleted by request » Mon Jun 30, 2008 11:13 am
The thing that surprised and delighted me most last night, was how well Torres did in the air. I know he has scored a few headers for us ( Spurs perhaps the pick of the bunch) but he was up against two tall and physical defenders and still managed to win his share, and more importantly without giving away silly fouls like Crouch does.
I still think we need a creative second striker behind Torres, Gerrard does a great job of setting him up but against the better sides Gerrard gets drawn into the midfield battle and Torres becomes isolated. With a decent striker to take his place when he is tired or injured and a good wide player. 3 players and I think we will really see the best of Torres.
What a great goal again last night though, I was made up for him, to not only reach the ball first (which was an achievement in itself) but to chip it over Leman into the corner of the net......outstanding!