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His first was after only five minutes, a stunning hooked volley past Paul Robinson. The second was a header to make it 13 for the season for the Spaniard.

Blackburn offered little as an attacking force, and defender Daniel Agger was able to fire in the third from 20 yards with seven minutes left, substitute David Ngog heading the fourth with a minute of normal time to go.

With the 20th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster on Wednesday, the match was preceded by a minutes' silence.

Blackburn's resistance was broken after just five minutes with a sensational Torres goal.

Jamie Carragher's long ball was taken down by Torres on his chest and with a turn and shot that flew past Paul Robinson into the far corner.

Torres scored his second with a fierce header having run virtually unattended from the corner of the box and he departed in the second half to be replaced by Nabil El Zhar.

Xabi Alonso was booked for a trip on Doran before Jose Reina - playing his 200th game for the club - was called into meaningful action, saving well from Stephen Warnock and Carlos Villanueva before diving to his left to claim a low Christopher Samba effort.

Warnock cleared off the line from Riera but the third eventually arrived when Agger ran from 40 yards out to blast a swerving shot past Robinson from just outside the box.

Substitute Ngog scored the fourth, heading home in the last minute.