Scousers keep their wits as former hero falls flat

YOU can always rely on Liverpool supporters to find the right words and the handful of hastily made banners unfurled among the visiting fans at the Shed End captured the mood perfectly.

While some ridiculed Fernando Torres, the former Kop idol now cast as a modern day Judas, the slogan ‘He who betrays will also walk alone’ appeared to most accurately articulate the feeling among Reds fans that they had been let down badly by a player they believed would remain loyal to the cause.

In the few days since his record breaking transfer Torres has done a good job of dismantling any misplaced ideas that the modern day footballer is anything other than a clinical professional. Explaining his desire to leave Liverpool, the Spain forward made it clear that emotion played little or no part in his decision.