Gerrard: Torres can down Inter

Steven Gerrard has tipped his Liverpool teammate Fernando Torres to shine when the Reds travel to take on Inter Milan at the San Siro in the Champions League this week. Rafa Benitez has already reserved special praise for the duo's combination.

'We will have to play as well as we have done anywhere this season now,' he warned.

Inter will be without Marco Materazzi after his sending-off in the first-leg and Gerrard believes his replacement will face a torrid task trying to contain Torres.

'The lad who comes into their side for Materazzi will not be looking forward to his 90 minutes against Fernando.'

'We will be looking to hit them on the counter-attack and Torres plays that game better than anyone around.

'Not only can you stick the ball over the top and let him chase it, but he can make things happen himself like he did against Marseille earlier in the tournament, when we needed to win in France to go through to the last 16.

'He roasted Materazzi in the first-leg. He (Materazzi) might think he was hard-done-by to be sent-off but he could have been booked for a bad tackle before he had one yellow, never mind the second one.'