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Torres defends Benitez's policy
19/02/2008 13:17 - (SA)
London - Liverpool striker Fernando Torres has defended manager Rafael Benitez's squad rotation system despite the policy being blamed for the club's poor season.
The Premier League club's last chance of silverware this
season rests with the Champions League, where they host Inter
Milan on Tuesday in the first leg of their last 16 clash.
"We have a manager with a philosophy that people knew
before he came and one that has succeeded," Torres, who has
scored 18 goals so far in his first season, told the Times on
Tuesday.
"It is very opportunistic to blame rotation for everything that goes wrong. It is not a problem for us. Liverpool have won a Champions League, FA Cup and so on with rotation.
"It is normal to rest. We players never want to but if the manager says so, you have to. If everybody accepts that is the way forward the atmosphere doesn't suffer."
Benitez has come under increasing pressure this season with
any title challenge having disappeared long ago and a
humiliating FA Cup defeat at home to Barnsley on Saturday.
Torres admitted that despite his personal achievements, the
Premier League campaign had been disappointing.
"We are a very uncomfortable team to play against but we
have dropped too many points," he said.
"We didn't win a league match in January. We could find a thousand excuses but that would be an easy exercise. The
players could have done better."
- Reuters
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