The club skipper praised teammate Fernando Torres after his brace helped Liverpool into the last eight of the Europa League. The Reds were 1-0 down from the first leg, but goals from Gerrard plus two strikes from the Spaniard secured the Reds a tie against Benfica.

"There is lot more to come from Fernando in a Liverpool shirt, believe me. He had been out a long time so it was only natural that it was going to take him a few games to find his rhythm but he is closing in on that now and it is fantastic for the team.”

Gerrard believes that the return of Torres comes as a massive boost for fans and players as the Anfield club eye the Europa League title and a place in next season’s Champions League via a top-four finish in the Premier League.

"If we can keep him fit and firing, we'll have a really big chance of achieving what we want to and you could see against Lille that he is looking sharp. The goals will have done him the world of good. He is world class, it's as simple as that. When he is playing like that, it doesn't just give the crowd a lift. It lifts us and it causes the players he comes up against to think twice about how they deal with him. He's finding form at just the right time."