Source: SKY_Sports
Torres - Gerrard is everything
Fernando Torres is hoping Steven Gerrard is back ahead of schedule after labelling the Liverpool captain as 'irreplaceable'.[LNB] Gerrard has been ruled out for three weeks with a hamstring injury suffered during the early stages of the FA Cup fourth-round defeat at Everton.[LNB]But Torres is anxious for the midfielder to return within a quicker time-frame after admitting he is 'everything' to the Reds as the club look to win the Premier League title.[LNB]"He is irreplaceable," Torres told AS. "Every great team has a model player, one whose home is there, one who stays there for life.[LNB]"People come and people go and he always stays. Here that's Gerrard. Liverpool is him and 10 others. He is everything for us.[LNB]"They're saying he'll be out for three weeks, let's hope it's less. I hope and would love his lay-off to be shorter."[LNB]StifledMeanwhile, Torres is determined to remain positive despite the cup exit at the hands of Everton and losing top spot in the league to Manchester United.[LNB]He added: "We began very well and at the moment we're going through a period which isn't the best, but we're not bad, maybe it's just that we're stifled by lesser teams who are happy with a draw.[LNB]"We are better against the big teams and we have to show that against Real Madrid.[LNB]"We're getting back players that have been absent with injury like me.[LNB]"It all depends on how you look at things.[LNB]"You can be pessimistic and think that we have been knocked out of the cup and that it was tough for us to win, or you can think positively, which is what I do, and see that we are fighting for the league, that we're in the last 16 of the Champions League, that on the whole we are better than previous years.[LNB]"That's what I think."[LNB]
