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Craig HillFernando Torres' first hat-trick for Liverpool
September 26th 2007 04:10
Liverpool's Spanish striker struck his first hat-trick for The Reds since joining the prestigious English club in the off-season.
Against Reading in the third round of the Carling Cup, the £24million signing ripped the host's defence to shreds with a clinical second half hat-trick to send Liverpool into the fourth round of the competition.
Torres celebrates against Reading
'El Nino' had spent the two previous league games on the bench due to the club's rotation policy, but was clearly eager to impress manager Rafa Benitez and most importantly, to send out a timely reminder that the Reds needs his awesome firepower in the league to sustain a Premiership challenge.
Yossi Benayoun opened the scoring for the Mighty Reds with a superb solo effort in the first-half to take a slender lead going into the break.
Reading managed to equalise on the 64th minute through John Halls and soon after, the Fernando Torres show began.
Collecting a through ball from Leto, Torres slipped the ball beyond Federici and into the corner of the net for the first of his terrific treble. The second goal came in the 70th minute when the Spanish star converted a low cross from John Arne Riise.
And to seal the terrific treble, Torres was put clear by Gerrard and he kept his cool to round Federici and slot the ball into the waiting net.
[Video Source: YouTube]
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Comment by LukeS
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I understand Rafa's rotation policy - he cant play every game and all that but seriously why do Reading in the Carling Cup warrent Torres' lethal attentions while Birmingham and Portsmouth in the league don't???
Comment by charles
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As to your question, Rafa was asked that by the press and he said something along the lines of the space or the amount of space that Torres would be given to exploit and he felt that he would be given that against Reading.
Do you get it? No, me neither! haha
If the 'space' in question meant the space afforded by the opposition's defence, then that is a slap in the face for Torres.
All world-class players have to work within tight spaces and the geniuses like Zidane makes spaces for themselves.
Charles.
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