Rafa Benitez will not leave Liverpool despite their struggles in the current Premier League season, according to Fernando Torres.
 
The Spanish striker has admitted he is disappointed with Liverpool's form this season, which has seen them exit the Champions League at the group stage and fall out of the Premier League title race.
 
Benitez's men are currently 13 points behind Premier League leaders Chelsea and occupy sixth place, lagging five points adrift of Aston Villa in the final Champions League qualification places.
 
There has been continued speculation about Benitez's position at Anfield and Torres has stated he cannot see the manager leaving halfway through the season.

"He still has four years to run on his contract, and he would not leave through the back door. Were he to leave, it would be with the team at the top," the striker told the Daily Star.

He admitted: "It looked like this was going to be our season, but it's turned out very differently from what we expected."

Benitez recently came out and guaranteed that Liverpool will finish in the Premier League top four and qualify for next year's Champions League.

He said there are 22 games to go this season and his team will perform well on the pitch, which should see them regain their place among the traditional big four.