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TORRES TARGETS TITLE TILT

Fernando Torres has set his sights on Barclays Premier League title glory after his magnificent late strike got Liverpool off to an opening day victory at Sunderland.
The Spanish hot-shot carried on where he left off last season by drilling in a devastating 20-yard effort on 83 minutes to clinch a 1-0 win at the Stadium of Light, and he is now hopeful the Reds can continue in the same vein throughout the rest of the season and finally deliver the title the fans crave.

"Our focus is on The Premier League and we know how important it is to win The Premier League for the fans.

"It has been too many years and we are focusing on that. It was important to start with a win after the not so very good game in the Champions League."

Torres started the Reds' latest campaign alongside new strike partner Robbie Keane, and although the duo did not enjoy the best of afternoon's in the North-East, he is confident they will hit it off sooner rather than later.

He said: "I always want to play with a good player like Robbie and he is fine for me and the team, which is more important."

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GERRARD NAMED IN ENGLAND SQUAD

Steven Gerrard has been named in Fabio Capello's England squad for Wednesday's friendly clash with the Czech Republic at Wembley.
The 28-year-old showed no signs of a reaction to the thigh injury that he sustained in pre-season and will now take his place as the sole Liverpool representative in the pool of 23 players after featuring for the full 90 minutes in yesterday's 1-0 win at Sunderland.

Gerrard will also find out whether he is to be the next England captain later this week, with Capello set to name his new skipper on Tuesday.

The England squad to face Czech Republic on Wednesday at Wembley Stadium:

Goalkeepers: David James (Portsmouth), Paul Robinson (Blackburn Rovers), Joe Hart (Manchester City)

Defenders: Wayne Bridge (Chelsea), Wes Brown (Manchester United), Ashley Cole (Chelsea), Rio Ferdinand (Manchester United), Glen Johnson (Portsmouth), John Terry (Chelsea), Matthew Upson (West Ham United), Jonathan Woodgate (Tottenham Hotspur)

Midfielders: Steven Gerrard (Liverpool), Gareth Barry (Aston Villa), Michael Carrick (Manchester United), Joe Cole (Chelsea), David Bentley (Tottenham Hotspur), Frank Lampard (Chelsea), David Beckham (LA Galaxy), Stewart Downing (Middlesbrough)

Forwards: Wayne Rooney (Manchester United), Jermain Defoe(Portsmouth), Theo Walcott (Arsenal), Emile Heskey (Wigan Athletic).

Crouch was not called up btw....

Sorry for being such a lousy news poster this week, I just had A LOT going on. It is going to get better this week.

GO NEWCASTLE GO! ;-)

Saturday 16 August 2008 17:30, Barclays Premier League

Steven Gerrard and Sami Hyypia return for Liverpool in our Premier League opener at the Stadium of Light. You can listen to the entire game live online from 5.30pm BST. Xabi Alonso and Daniel Agger are the two to make way after our midweek draw in Liege.

The Liverpool team in full:
Reina - Arbeloa, Carragher, Hyypia, Dossena - Kuyt, Gerrard, Plessis, Benayoun - Torres, Keane

Subs:
Cavalieri, El Zhar, Aurelio, Ngog, Skrtel, Agger, Alonso

Liverpool midfielders Javier Mascherano and Lucas will go head to head in the semi-finals of the Olympics football competition - but Ryan Babel is heading home after today's round of quarter-final matches.

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( TORRES GIVES REDS DRAMATIC OPENING DAY WIN )