I'm pretty sure someone did some analysis at the time that showed Torres only scored against the weaker sides ... gluts of goals admittedly, but very much a "flat track bully" in the mould of Graham Hick in cricket.
He wasn't actually very technically gifted (something that even at his very best stood out like a sore thump when he played with David Villa for his country) it was his burst of pace and athleticism that got him to the level he shown at Liverpool. When those went he needed his technical and tactical ability's to compete but they just weren't there, especially the latter.
I liked the interview too, looked like JT and Carragher got on well.
In fairness he bagged quite a few against both us and Man Utd (and caused outright panic in their back 4 even when not scoring), the two top teams in the country at the time, so it would be unfair to say he didnt score against the big teams. All strikers score fewer goals against big teams than little teams, and the reasons for that are fairly obvious!
Here's his complete LFC goal list ... I think we had our blinkers on because he scored a lot against us ...
There is nothing there.
All banter aside I think a mountains being made out of a molehill with this, it's no different to a player scoring against their former club and refusing to celebrate (for example Tammy in the reverse fixture).You can see the pain in JT’s face as they scored against us
It was fairly well known that JT was a United supporter when he was young. Later on, there was speculation that we were trying to sign him to replace Jaap Stam. I think JT has said since that it was his dad who was the United fan but I wonder if that isn't him being politic. Would have made a great pairing with Rio in the middle of our defence.
