Benitez: Misfiring Torres was sick

Rafael Benitez today backed Fernando Torres to win over the Chelsea boo boys and insisted the misfiring striker’s poor performance against Swansea was down to a stomach bug, rather than lack of desire or talent.

Torres put in one of his worst performances of his Chelsea career two days ago. The £50m striker touched the ball just 19 times during his 81 minutes on the pitch and could only muster two feeble attempts on goal.