Torres credits coach

Fernando Torres said that Liverpool Coach Rafael Benítez was the inspiration behind his goal-scoring splurge, which helped Spain win Euro 2008.
Torres scored 33 goals in his first season at Liverpool, breaking Ruud van Nistelrooy’s record for goals scored by a foreigner in a debut Premier League season.
Torres, 24, said that Benítez’s relentless demands for improvement since he went to England from Atlético Madrid had been a catalyst in his career.
“There are days when you think, ‘My God, this guy doesn’t let you breathe,’ ” Torres told the club’s Web site on Saturday.
“At a club like Liverpool, you can’t sit back after scoring 20-odd goals and say, ‘Well, that’s it.’ After you score 20, Benítez is at you during the next training session and stays on top of you all day, all week.”
Torres was instrumental in helping Spain win its first major championship in 44 years, scoring the winning goal in last Sunday’s final against Germany. (AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE)