Source: Eurosport
Rafa has made me better - Torres
Liverpool striker Fernando Torres has credited manager Rafael Benitez for helping him become a better player during his two seasons in England.
Torres arrived at Anfield in the summer of 2007 from Atletico Madrid with a reputation for being a prodigious talent without necessarily being prolific, but has scored 50 goals in just 84 matches for the Reds.
"Rafa concentrates on the professional side of things," said Torres, who signed an improved contract in May. "He tries to improve every minor detail and movement you carry out during the course of a game, and he also explains the reasons behind his decisions.
"He's obsessed that you understand what you are doing and why. He's not happy that you do things just because he tells you that something has to be done. He says: `Do it like this. Do you understand why you are being told to do so? No? We'll go through it again then'.
"I remember when I signed for the club people were questioning me as a goalscorer. I received criticism because I wasn't getting goals. The first thing he told me was that I was signed to score goals. Benitez is adamant that I live in the area because that's where you get goals.
"That was the first thing he told me, the wing is for the wingers, and that the striker should be focused on the two rival centre-backs.
"The Spain team play very differently, we have to be constantly on the move. In England I have to draw the centre-back out of place so that Steve Gerrard can burst through."
