IF the first question on the minds of every Liverpool supporter is to enquire when the club's American owners are finally going to leave, then there's another that is surely not far from their lips.

Namely, what on earth has happened to Fernando Torres?

The Spaniard once again cut a frustrated figure as he jogged off the field at the Stade Galgenwaard following Liverpool's dismal goalless Europa League draw against FC Utrecht.

With just one goal in eight appearances for his club this season, Torres is a mere shadow of the player that terrorised defences ever since arriving from Atletico Madrid more than three years ago.

Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson insists the injuries that hampered the striker before and during the World Cup are no longer an issue.

And as Jamie Carragher points out, Torres is not exactly being helped by his team-mates failing to provide anything like the service on which the 26-year-old can thrive.

"If you give Fernando chances he will score goals," says the defender. "I don't think it's anything to do with Fernando, we are just not providing enough chances for him at the moment. It's about the team - we have to do a little but more in creating stuff for him.

"We are not a one-man show, and Torres is not the type who picks the ball up, beats four or five men and then smashes it into the top corner.

"It's up to us to create the chances for him. History shows if you crate enough then you've got a 25-30 goal striker on your hands. There is nothing to worry about with Fernando - it us up to us as a collective to help him out."