Fernando Torres has named Steven Gerrard as the best player he played alongside as the Spaniard prepares to bid farewell to professional football.
The World Cup winner played with Gerrard for three-and-a-half years during their time together at Liverpool, during which he scored 81 goals in 142 games and helped guide the Reds to second place in the Premier League in 2008/09.
The Spaniard left Anfield in 2011 to join Chelsea in a shock £50 million deal, but he failed to replicate his Liverpool form, and has faced criticism ever since over his readiness to leave Merseyside.