Source: Eurosport
Torres grabs Reds hat-trick
Liverpool striker Fernando Torres scored a brilliant hat-trick to blow away struggling Hull 6-1 at Anfield.
The Spain striker scored twice in the first half either side of Geovanni's equaliser and added a third soon after the interval.
Captain Steven Gerrard added a fourth just before the hour and substitute Ryan Babel had two late strikes as Liverpool made it four league wins - including 16 goals - in succession.
The writing was on the wall for Hull - who have not won in their last nine away matches - from the 11th minute when Liverpool took the lead with a neat passing move and a clinical finish from Torres.
Dirk Kuyt and left-back Emiliano Insua combined to allow Albert Riera to cross to the near post where Torres shimmied past Ibrahima Sonko to coolly fire past Boaz Myhill.
A defensive mistake cost them just four minutes later when Martin Skrtel's weak header dropped to Geovanni eight yards out and he volleyed home the equaliser.
Yossi Benayoun's incisive through-ball picked out the Torres after 28 minutes but there was still plenty of work to do and he responded with a fine finish.
Two minutes into the second half Torres scored his third, again with an assist from Benayoun and on the hour Gerrard added a fourth when he curled a shot into the far corner.
With a Champions League clash away to Fiorentina on Tuesday, Torres departed to a standing ovation in the 68th minute as he was replaced by Babel with Gerrard following soon after.
By then the hard work had been done, although Babel had a point to prove and added a fifth by turning in Kuyt's right-wing cross late on. The Dutchman scored a fortunate second in injury time when he deflected Riera's shot over Myhill.
