Dalglish backs Torres to find form

Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish has vowed to help Fernando Torres emerge from his form slump as he heads to Blackpool on Wednesday night without suspended captain Steven Gerrard.

Torres has scored just six times in 22 matches and only once in his last eight games this season. Asked whether he is the man to revive Torres' season after taking over from Roy Hodgson, Dalglish said he would help where he could but insisted that Torres himself holds the key to a turnaround.

"In the games I've been in charge he has been brilliant,'' joked Dalglish. "It is strange when you talk about people of his calibre having a lack of confidence but at the same time he is still a top goalscorer and someone everyone fears when he goes on the pitch. Someone asked me if I have a magic wand for Fernando. I said I don't need one, he has got one himself.

Fernando Torres declared fit for sunday's game

After losing Dirk Kuyt for what is expected to be the rest of the season, Liverpool got some unexpectedly wonderful news finding out that Fernando Torres' abductor injury sustained in the match versus Blackpool was not as bad as once thought.  He will be in the starting lineup sunday versus everton.