Fernando Torres returned to full training with Liverpool yesterday and is in line for a comeback at Rovers.

The Spanish striker has been undergoing three weeks of intense treatment on his serious groin injury and has only been involved in fitness work with the club’s physios up until now.

But at the Melwood training complex yesterday, Liverpool’s top scorer took part in a full session, and the club were more than happy to post a selection of pictures of Torres’ work-out on their website.

And the next time Liverpool fans are likely to see Torres is in the squad that travels to Ewood Park to face a Rovers side boosted by their Carling Cup success against Chelsea.

The Blackburn match will be skipper Steven Gerrard’s 500th game for the club, and Liverpool could have their feared attacking partnership back together for the first time in 10 matches.

Torres has not figured for the Reds’ first team since the Champions League clash with Lyon on November 4 after picking up the problem on international duty.

Boss Rafael Benitez said: “The position over Torres is very positive and he was feeling good.

“We will see how he is in the next training sessions but it seems as though things are going well.”

Benitez expects to have something close to a fully-fit squad of players to choose from for the clash with Sam Allardyce’s side.

He said: “It will be very close to a fully-fit squad. We have two or three players with knocks but hopefully they are small things.”

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