Benfica defender Luisao claims he knows how to stop Liverpool star Fernando Torres.

Ahead of their Europa League clash tonight, the Brazilian is confident he and his teammates can do the job against the Reds who admits should be favourites for the tie.

"We will stop Fernando Torres. It will be easy if we stick to our system 100 per cent and keep our concentration," the 29-year old said.

"We will have two aims - to stop Torres from scoring and to score ourselves. We believe we can do that and go through.

"We have our own goal king, Oscar Cardozo, and I warn Liverpool that he can score in the big matches.

"We accept that Liverpool will start as favourites but we are ready to give everything to reach the semi finals."