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Torres pleads for time at Chelsea

ESPNsoccernet staff
March 2, 2011
Fernando Torres worked the flanks well against Manchester United © PA Photos
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Fernando Torres is confident of ending his goal drought for Chelsea and insists it was always going to take him time to settle in at his new club.

Torres was afforded few chances in his latest game for Chelsea, although the defending champions beat Premier League leaders Manchester United 2-1, and the striker has now gone 315 minutes without a goal for the Blues since his £50 million move from Liverpool.

The Spaniard missed a hatful of openings in previous games against Fulham and FC Copenhagen, but despite his problems, the 26-year-old is confident the goals will flow once he adjusts to his new team's style of play.

"It's important to understand the style of football your team is playing, how you are involved in the system and everything,'' Torres told Chelsea magazine. "This always takes some time. But, I think, once you get it, everything becomes much easier. The important thing is to have different options in the way you play.''

Torres was given free reign as a lone striker at Anfield but has yet to be indulged on that front by Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti, who has played him with a partner or in a three-man attack.

Torres said: "If you want to be a top player, you have to be able to play in all these situations and I'm sure here at Chelsea I will play in different positions sometimes. I'm ready for this because I want to play where the manager asks me to - I know the competition is high here.''

The striker also insisted he never doubted he would be a success at Chelsea when he decided to leave Liverpool.

"I think when you make a decision this important you must be sure you can do it, otherwise it's not worth moving to a club like Chelsea,'' he said. "You have to have confidence in yourself and you have to work harder than everyone else because you are the new player to arrive at the club.

"I have confidence in myself, I have confidence in this team and I have tried to become involved in everything this team is doing from the first day.''

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