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Liverpool boss Benitez says title push would have been on if Torres fit

Submitted by tribalfootball.com on Sun, 03/21/2010 - 04:01

Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez says they would be well inside the title race if Fernando Torres had been fit for the entire season.

The striker missed five weeks after a knee operation in January but had struggled with a hernia problem prior to that.

Had he been fit for the entire season Benitez believes Liverpool would have been close to replicating their record haul of last season when they amassed 86 points in running United a close second.

"The gap would be reduced - how much I don't know - but Torres fit and scoring would have been a big difference," said the Reds boss.

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Submitted by Circus (not verified) on Sun, 03/21/2010 - 06:12.

haha... one man team

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