Reina defends Torres

Last updated : 26 October 2010 By Al Campbell

Reina says it wasn't Torres who was to blame for his recent dry spell but the whole team for not giving him enough assists.

"All strikers are about goals. They want to score them and they want to score the winners like Fernando did against Blackburn," said the goalkeeper.

"I think he can build up now to what he was like of old. What has happened to him is more or less what has happened to Villa in Barcelona.

"They are both great players but when strikers are not scoring people are always disappointed in them. It's not fair. I don't think we have been giving him the assists that we should, particularly in the last few weeks. He has not been able to do anything at all.

"We know he is the type of player that can win a game just like that but we can't expect him to keep doing it on his own. We have to feed him in. That's the point."

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