Without Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres Liverpool finding it very difficult to stand in for both Champions League and Premier League titles. Both of them are standing in Castrol ranking with Fernando Torres at 8th position and Steven Gerrard at 13th.

Here are some facts and figures shows how much Liverpool is missing them:

1 - Both Gerrard and Torres have been in outstanding form over the last 12 months. Castrol Performance Analysis can demonstrate how Liverpool’s form drops dramatically when the two players are not playing alongside each other.

2 – The pair top the list of Premier League goalscorers over the last 12 months with Torres scoring 18 times since November 2008, and Gerrard in joint second place alongside Chelsea’s Nicolas Anelka with 17 goals.

3 – Gerrard has contributed 12 assists in the last year, a return bettered only by Arsenal’s Cesc Fabregas (17 assists) and Chelsea’s Frank Lampard (13).

4 – When the pair have been absent this season, Rafael Benitez’s side have averaged just 1 goal and 3.7 shots on target per game compared to 2.3 goals and 7.6 shots on target when both are in the team.

5 – Liverpool have won just one of the four games they played without both Gerrard and Torres before the end of October.

6 – Since the start of the 2007/08 season, Liverpool have won 69% of Champions League games when Gerrard and Torres have appeared together, but only 29% when one or both has been missing.

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