Torres doesn’t have to score to prove his worth: Ancelotti
March 3rd, 2011 - 6:37 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 3 (ANI): Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti reckons that his ace striker Fernando Torres does not have to score goals to prove his worth.
Chelsea’s new superstar signing is still waiting to hit the net four games after his 50 million pounds move from Liverpool.
Torres, 26, arrived at Chelsea with a reputation as a goal-machine after scoring 69 times in 99 games for Liverpool.
Ancelotti said: “We don’t have to compare them (players). Torres didn’t score but I don’t ask my strikers to score. I ask them to play for the team. Torres did a very good job with that. People judge him on the goals he scored but I have to look at different things about his performance.”
“He worked for the team, put pressure on the defenders, moved well in front and worked hard. That’s enough for me. Ask him, not me, if it will affect him but I don’t think it will. I’m not asking him to score,” The Sun quoted him, as saying.
Torres admitted that he is on a steep learning curve, despite nearly four years’ experience of English football following his move to Anfield from Atletico Madrid in July 2007. (ANI)
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