'I had to leave Liverpool after big transfer – it was like watching Steven Gerrard cheat on me'

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Describing the tight partnership that the Spaniard formed with Reds icon Steven Gerrard, he said: "I mean, he's the reason I left, right? "It's like a girlfriend, and you see her with someone else and they're blossoming and you're like 'Aw no!' It was basically like watching Stevie cheat [on me] every week." Crouch believed the bond Gerrard and Torres formed was similar to an unfaithful partner but despite this, he couldn't be mad because the football was so good.

Fernando Torres and Gerrard were electric for the Reds (Image: Clive Rose/Getty Images) Admitting his joy in watching the Gerrard-Torres partnership, Crouch added: "Yes, it was hard to watch but it was also beautiful at the same time because they had such an understanding. "Stevie is so smart; he played just behind [Torres], and then you had Xabi as well.

It was an amazing midfield as well." Highlighting Torres' incredible abilities, Crouch added: "He would kind of slip him into little areas and then he was unplayable in those little kind of pockets, kind of in between the center half and the fullback. You kind of knew what he was going to do but you couldn't stop it." Crouch scored 42 goals and assisted 23 times in 135 appearances for the Reds, in comparison to Torres' 81 goals and 19 assists in 142 games.