Even with Gerrard, Torres and Joe Cole in the starting line-up, Liverpool attacks were in short supply and Rovers took a deserved lead on the half-hour mark.

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Cole's former team-mate Arjen Robben has even suggested that the combination of Torres, Gerrard and Cole is as good as Barcelona's attack.

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But Parry has made it clear even Abramovich's millions will not prise Torres away from Liverpool after only one season on Merseyside.

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Fortunately for them Hull were even shakier and before the half-hour mark Torres doubled the lead, slipping on to a Benayoun slide-rule pass, nonchalantly rounding Ibrahima Sonko and Myhill before clipping into the net.

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