Steven Gerrard is pleased that Fernando Torres will be back for Liverpool in Sunday's clash with Arsenal.

The Spanish striker, who has been out for five weeks with a groin injury, came off the bench to play 25 minutes of last night's 2-1 defeat by Fiorentina and is ready to return to the starting line-up.

Gerrard said: "It's massive for me that Fernando is back, massive for the club, massive for everyone here. He's our main man. He's our top scorer, so we need him back fit and firing.

"If that happens then I'm sure we'll move up the League and get in the top four places."

Liverpool were already out of the competition before last night's defeat. But the result means they will not be seeded for the next round of the Europa Cup.

Gerrard added: "We had gone six games unbeaten before this, so it's a shame we lost. Having experienced the Champions League for such a long time, I want to play in it again next year. If we get back to our full-strength team, we are good enough to do it.

"But we'll be right up for the Arsenal game and if we can take three points there I think we can turn that corner."