GARY Megson hopes his dynamic duo can do another number on Fernando Torres when Liverpool come to the Reebok on saturday.

With the Spanish star back in contention after a hamstring injury, Gary Cahill and Andy O’Brien have been charged with the responsibility of keeping him under wraps.

And although their manager knows that is only “job one” in what is likely to be Wanderers’ most testing game of the season so far, he has already experienced the destruction Torres can cause when left to his own devices.

“I was absolutely delighted to hear that he was back,” Megson smirked. “We played against him at Anfield last year and lost 4-0 with a back four of Ricardo Gardner, Lubomir Michalik, Abdoulaye Meite and Jlloyd Samuel at right back and had quite a few issues. We couldn’t cope with him and he was magnificent.

“But when we played against him towards the end of the season, our two centre halves did really well against him and he didn’t cause us that much of a problem.

“They will have to do exactly the same again, because he is a really class act.”

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