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Fernando Torres: Barcelona & Liverpool Will Steal Manchester United’s Titles
The Spanish hitman believes the FA Cup exit will be the first of three painful tournament losses for Manchester United during the business end of the season.
21-Apr-2009 9:01:59 PM
Liverpool's silky striker Fernando Torres is convinced that, despite three of the final four in the Champions League representing the Premier League, the outright winner of the competition will be Barcelona.
Sir Alex Ferguson's men have already been eliminated from the FA Cup as they failed to overcome Everton and Torres has opined that, as well as faltering in Europe, Liverpool will usurp United to claim the domestic crown.
This would leaving their north west rivals with just the League Cup and the FIFA World Club Cup after a season in which there was escalating talk of a historic and unprecedented quintuple.
Torres told the press, "Barcelona are clearly the best side in Europe. United's squad of players is very impressive. You barely notice when they have players out.
"They have footballers like [Carlos] Tevez, [Dimitar] Berbatov or [Ryan] Giggs on the bench, but even so, I think that Barcelona would get the better of them,” he said. “Manchester United suffer an awful lot if they don't control possession.
"Barcelona have much more quality about them and no doubt if the two were to meet, Barca would have the lion's share of possession, and that would hurt United."
Following his transfer from Atletico Madrid, Torres has proved an instant hit in the Premier League, finding the net on 47 occasions in just 79 games. He is keen on helping the Merseysiders claim their first Premier League title.
"United are the champions and that carries the favourites tag, but I'd rather not be favourites. Being favourites doesn't make you champions, it just gives you extra pressure.
"If we keep playing as well as we have been doing in this second half of the season then we have more chance of winning the league than anyone else.
"But let United carry the favourites burden - let them have the pressure."
Alan Dawson, Goal.com
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Sir Alex Ferguson's men have already been eliminated from the FA Cup as they failed to overcome Everton and Torres has opined that, as well as faltering in Europe, Liverpool will usurp United to claim the domestic crown.
This would leaving their north west rivals with just the League Cup and the FIFA World Club Cup after a season in which there was escalating talk of a historic and unprecedented quintuple.
Torres told the press, "Barcelona are clearly the best side in Europe. United's squad of players is very impressive. You barely notice when they have players out.
"They have footballers like [Carlos] Tevez, [Dimitar] Berbatov or [Ryan] Giggs on the bench, but even so, I think that Barcelona would get the better of them,” he said. “Manchester United suffer an awful lot if they don't control possession.
"Barcelona have much more quality about them and no doubt if the two were to meet, Barca would have the lion's share of possession, and that would hurt United."
Following his transfer from Atletico Madrid, Torres has proved an instant hit in the Premier League, finding the net on 47 occasions in just 79 games. He is keen on helping the Merseysiders claim their first Premier League title.
"United are the champions and that carries the favourites tag, but I'd rather not be favourites. Being favourites doesn't make you champions, it just gives you extra pressure.
"If we keep playing as well as we have been doing in this second half of the season then we have more chance of winning the league than anyone else.
"But let United carry the favourites burden - let them have the pressure."
Alan Dawson, Goal.com
For all the latest Goal.com news at your fingertips, point your mobile phone browser to m.goal.com, Goal.com's very own mobile news service
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