Jamie Carragher pays tribute to Fernando Torres: Liverpool FC latest

30 December 2009 07:00
Fernando Torres[LNB]JAMIE CARRAGHER today paid a glowing tribute to Fernando Torres after the record breaking striker helped Liverpool make a Champions League statement.[LNB]Torres, as he has done so often during his Anfield career, came up trumps just when it was needed, on this occasion his injury time goal gave the Reds a precious 1-0 win over Aston Villa at Villa Park.[LNB]It was his 50th Premier League goal in just 72 outings and smashed a long-standing record held jointly by Sam Raybould and Albert Stubbins.[LNB]But, more importantly, it helped revive Liverpool's flagging campaign and gave them back-to-back wins for the first time since September to leave them just three points off fourth-placed Tottenham.[LNB]Now Carragher is hoping Liverpool will take impetus from this result and put together a sequence of results that will carry them back into a more familiar position in the table.[LNB]'There is nothing better than getting a last minute winner,' said Carragher. 'You could see how much it meant to everyone but we have just got to move on now.[LNB]'Hopefully it will put us on a good run.[LNB]'There are a lot of teams who are looking at us and thinking they can take our place in the top four.[LNB]'But this was more than just three points. It's made a statement.[LNB]'Villa are a top team with a top manager and it's a difficult place to come but we controlled the game.[LNB]'Fernando is a great player, a world class striker. To beat people like Ian Rush, Michael Owen, Robbie Fowler and Roger Hunt to the record says everything. That's why you pay the kind of money we did to sign him, to score last-minute goals like that.'

Source: Liverpool_Echo