da bet7： Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson is confident that star striker Fernando Torres is beginning to find form after a difficult start to the new season.

da supremo： The 26-year-old Spain international has scored just twice in 11 outings for the Reds this season, but Hodgson was enthused by Torres' goalscoring display in the 2-1 win at home to Blackburn Rovers last weekend.

He told the club's official website:"I think his desire and his wanting to do a good job have been there from the very first day.

"It is just a combination of things – maybe the team is playing a bit better and their extra confidence is giving him extra confidence.

"Football is always a big amalgam of a lot of factors.

"You do need, if you are going to have a good team, your good players in good form producing what they are capable of producing.

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"With Fernando on Sunday we definitely saw that. I see it in training every day and I just hope he keeps going and we have a good few months of it."Subscribe to Football FanCast News Headlines by Email