LONDON: Fernando Torres has admitted former club Liverpool put one over Chelsea as the Spain striker went goalless on his debut for the English champions in a 1-0 defeat by the Reds.
Having said he had switched to bolster his chances of gaining top honours, Torres had to endure the embarrassment of being substituted after 66 minutes, shortly before Raul Meireles scored Liverpool’s winner.
Defeat left Chelsea a huge 10 points behind leaders Manchester United and all but out of the Premier League title race.
Liverpool, for whom Sunday’s result was a fourth straight win without conceding under caretaker manager Kenny Dalglish, deployed three central defenders to negate the impact of Torres, Didier Drogba and Nicolas Anelka.
“It was very difficult, Liverpool played a good game, with three at the back,” Torres told Chelsea TV.
“We were not expecting that and maybe they took advantage of that.
“I think the fair result was the draw, it was unfair to lose that game, but now we are looking forward to the next game and will keep fighting until the end,” he added.
“There are a lot of points still to play (for).”
Liverpool fans could not resist mocking their former hero and when he was substituted some chanted: “You should have stayed at a big club.”
The Spaniard meanwhile insisted he’d been happy with his reception from the Chelsea crowd.
“Obviously everyone wants to win, especially if it is their first game at home, but I will still have very good memories about my reception here and want to thank all of the Chelsea fans for that nice reception,” he said.
“The result was not the best, but we have to keep going and fighting until the end.”
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