Former legend Ian Rush believes that Fernando Torres and Peter Crouch are the perfect partnership to lead Liverpool's attack.

The two combined well against Sunderland on Saturday and Rush insists they need to be given a chance to learn to work together.

"There's no doubt that they're the most in-form pairing at present, so I think now is the time to see if they can develop into a decent strike force," he said.

"Saturday's match against Sunderland was only the third time they've started a match together in the Premier League, and there were one or two signs that they could flourish.

"But the fact is we will never know unless we give them a chance to gel."