Carragher: we need to help Torres

LIVERPOOL vice-captain Jamie Carragher insists there is nothing wrong with Fernando Torres but reckons the rest of the team have to improve if they are to help their star striker.

The Spain frontman failed to score for the seventh time in eight appearances this season in the goalless Europa League draw at FC Utrecht on Thursday night.

It has led to more questions about the 26-year-old’s form and confidence but Carragher said the problem was not with Torres but the service he was receiving. The forward fed on scraps for most of the match in the Netherlands and of the three half-chances which did fall his way one was ballooned over with his weaker left foot, one was well saved at the near post and the third saw him try to round goalkeeper Michel Vorm but take heavy touch and run the ball out of play.