Is Fernando Torres one of the best strikers in world?

La Liga: This January’s transfer window has been a relatively quiet affair, especially in Spain. But one big name has made a huge, and not widely expected, impact since switching clubs earlier this month.

On Thursday night, Fernando Torres completely upstaged newly crowned 2014 Ballon D’Or Cristiano Ronaldo, scoring twice as his Atletico Madrid bundled Ronaldo’s Real out of the Copa del Rey.

That is not something that many observers, even many Atletico fans, thought they would ever see.