Chelsea assistant manager Roberto Di Matteo has lept to the defence of Fernando Torres. The stuttering Spaniard has found himself benched for four successive games by Andre Villas-Boas as his Chelsea career remains stagnant.
Chelsea’s number two, Di Matteo has insisted Torres is still a key component in Chelsea’s squad: “There are a lot of positive signs with Fernando. We’ve been pleased with him, I know we all expect our strikers to score, but if they don’t, you look at their performance in the team, and we’ve been pleased.”
Di Matteo continued to say: “The goals will come, no doubt. He’s got great talent and has scored goals before. He knows what to do and how to do it, and we have a lot of faith in him as well.”
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