Just found out it was 2 years ago ish, and we slag Torres off with terrible abondon, but the player he is, gave me one of the most incredible moments ever watching a game, the timing, the magnitude of the game, Gary nevilles commentary, the team for him personally to score against, the sheer sheer joy, he gave every single one of us doubters will live like Drogs penalty, or Lamps goal against Bolton forever, it makes us feel inferior in a good way to now none of us could ever execute that goal against that team, he will probably leave in the summer, but the memory lingers..

 

That goal didnt change anything though.

 

Its weird that you dont seem to feel the same appreciation for Ramires, the player who scored the winning goal that night.

Edited April 25, 201412 yr by Lane

Oh i do, it was sublime, i just have an affinity with strikers, and the goal that night sort of vilifies him to this day, imho of course...

Oh i do, it was sublime, i just have an affinity with strikers, and the goal that night sort of vilifies him to this day, imho of course...

 

 

I don;t understand how scoring that goal would "vilify" him?  Have I missed something?

Glad to see this thread is still going strong! I wrote a slightly tongue in cheek look at Torres, flops and cult heroes if anyone is interested.  Let me know what you guys think.

 

 

http://linesjosh.wordpress.com/2014/04/26/torres-tebow-and-cult-heroes/

 

Cheers :)

Yeah, you missed some letters (ndcat, etc)but I'm sure the intended point was understood.

Edited April 26, 201412 yr by Foggy

Yea vindicated was the word, been a hard week, was tired, had to be up at 6.00a.m, my poor excuse Moi...

You were nearly 98% there to re vindicating yourself FT, but a piss easy pass to seal the win...

Yea vindicated was the word, been a hard week, was tired, had to be up at 6.00a.m, my poor excuse Moi...

 

 

Ah, these bloody predicted text things!  Should have realised that.  I was thinking I was being thick! (how could I even think of such a thing?)

I was almost wishing he wouldn't pass it, a Gerrard slip and a Torres goal, couldn't have dreamed any better.

I hate to neg on Torres after a glorious win like this but I reckon he should have tucked it in himself.

Fans deserved that one goal at least for the unbelievable amount of patience with him.

I hate to neg on Torres after a glorious win like this but I reckon he should have tucked it in himself.

Fans deserved that one goal at least for the unbelievable amount of patience with him.

if he had shot and hit Mignolet he would have been slated. He did exactly the right thing.

if he had shot and hit Mignolet he would have been slated. He did exactly the right thing.

Agreed.

He did what was needed and used his head.

I actually am impressed he took one for the team instead of self glory at the place he would have wanted it most of all.

Got to say I thought he was going to try and go round the keeper on his left. Kept calm and did what he had to do though

He did the right thing, but it still would've been nice if he did the 'wrong thing' here and scored it himself - just from a purely greedy fan point of view wanting the cake and the cherry on top.

I thought it was a great gesture personally.

 

Willian was never going to miss and Mignolet was in front of Torres.

Torres is probably on his way to Atletico in the summer so he did that for his team-mates. 

 

Only a few games left in the season but he's sort-of put the ghost of Anfield to rest.

He did the right thing, but it still would've been nice if he did the 'wrong thing' here and scored it himself - just from a purely greedy fan point of view wanting the cake and the cherry on top.

Well in all fairness he was stood plum in the middle and Willian could have passed it back to him. Does not matter though, still a great win.

Also, don't forget Torres "kick" to time waste - so funny. No intention to play the ball, just kicked a Liverpool player. 

 

Surely, that alone makes him a Chelsea legend. 

 

Anyone got a GIF of it?

Edited April 27, 201412 yr by JM7

I thought it was a great gesture personally.

Willian was never going to miss and Mignolet was in front of Torres.

Torres is probably on his way to Atletico in the summer so he did that for his team-mates.

Only a few games left in the season but he's sort-of put the ghost of Anfield to rest.

I agree, tbh I was scared he was gonna mess it up at first, loved how Mignolet just stood there was Willian walked it in too.

Edited April 27, 201412 yr by Bobbywoodhogan

I thought it was a great gesture personally.

 

Willian was never going to miss and Mignolet was in front of Torres.

Torres is probably on his way to Atletico in the summer so he did that for his team-mates. 

 

Only a few games left in the season but he's sort-of put the ghost of Anfield to rest.

 

Completely agree, I'm very happy he went for the unselfish option which would seal the game. I can't be the only one who had a brief flashback to his goal against Barca when he collected the ball on the halfway line, but it was like a consolation for the evaporation of his predatory instincts, having it work in our favour for once.

 

That said, I think my favourite part of it was that Willian even took the opportunity to timewaste a little while actually scoring the goal, hilarious stuff.

Also, don't forget Torres "kick" to time waste - so funny. No intention to play the ball, just kicked a Liverpool player. 

 

Surely, that alone makes him a Chelsea legend. 

 

Anyone got a GIF of it?

 

I think he kicked Skrtel, it was wonderful.

It was an extremely classy move by Torres

I wanted Willian to roll it back to him so so so much. It would have been special.

I think he kicked Skrtel, it was wonderful.

https://vine.co/v/MvIm53MhvKt

Brilliant moment.

I missed that. Not many defenders I'd like to see get kicked, but Skrtl is definitely one of them