TORRES AND RIISE ON TARGET FOR COUNTRIES

Fernando Torres was on target during Spain's 2-0 Euro qualifying victory over Latvia on Wednesday.


The striker was one of eight senior Reds involved in international action last night.

Over in Norway, John Arne Riise hit the back of the net during a 2-2 draw with Greece.

Ryan Babel played 76 minutes of Holland's 1-0 defeat of Albania before being replaced by Dirk Kuyt.

Daniel Agger was withdrawn after 28 minutes of Denmark's 4-0 victory over Liechtenstein.

Finnish international Sami Hyypia had a full outing in a bore draw against Poland, while Andriy Voronin came on after 60 minutes of Ukraine's 2-1 defeat to Italy.

Steven Gerrard played 90 minutes for England against Russia but Peter Crouch had to settle for a late cameo after Steve McClaren's decision to stick with Emile Heskey.

Meanwhile, on Monday night Javier Mascherano started for Argentina in a 1-0 friendly victory Down Under.