Rafa refuses to commit to TorresLiverpool manager Rafael Benitez has refused to confirm that he would start hot-shot striker Fernando Torres against Wigan tomorrow despite the Spaniard netting a hat-trick against Reading this week.
He said: "I don't need Torres for playing Birmingham if I have Dirk Kuyt, Andriy Voronin and Peter Crouch,"
"I need the speed of Torres in the last game of the season - maybe a Champions League final or to win the league."
"Those are the decisions of a manager,"
He added: "When you are playing for winning trophies you must analyse everything and say 'OK for the last 10-15 games I need Torres fit',"
"People are talking about players playing a lot of games now. They can do it. I don't say that they can't.
"You can play 20, 25 or 30 games in a row. No problem. Everybody can do it. The problem is at the end of the season after 30-40 games.
"The last 10-15 games you are playing for trophies and you must be fresh, ready and fit."
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