ASK for a list of Anfield’s greatest ever goalscorers and the same, familiar, names are trotted out like a mantra.
Rush, Fowler, Hunt, Dalglish, Owen, maybe Hodgson and Liddell if you’re a proper student of Anfield marksmen.
The order may change, depending on your age, but not the names.
One voracious goal-getter who should always be included, but is often overlooked, is John Aldridge.
And that has always astonished me.
Aldridge’s goalscoring record, wherever he played, is a phenomenon of the modern sporting age. And at Anfield he was at his prolific peak.
Which is why Fernando Torres’ record deserves open-mouthed amazement.
The goal Torres clipped past Chris Kirkland on Wednesday night was his 61st in his first 100 Liverpool matches.
That exactly matches the strike ratio achieved by Aldridge.
But when you factor in that Aldo supplemented his tally with penalty kicks, that Torres has had to come to terms with a new league, a new culture, and a whole new style of football, it makes his goalscoring ratio absolutely and utterly outstanding.
In future when you ask for a list of Anfield’s greatest ever goalscorers, Torres will be surely be sandwiched in amongst the Rushes and the Hunts.
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