Mikel Arteta feels for Chelsea striker Fernando Torres

Arsenal midfielder Mikel Arteta admits he feels for former neighbour Fernando Torres following his move to Chelsea.

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Torres has scored nine goals in 51 league games for Chelsea and claimed his first goal in five games as they knocked Wolves out of the Capital One Cup in midweek. And although Arteta hopes the 28-year-old can reproduce the form he showed when playing on the other side of Stanley Park, he insists their friendship will be put to one side this weekend. "Hopefully he is going to get over that and it is going to become a better situation because it is not nice," he said. "I talk to him a lot. When we were in Liverpool, we used to live next to each other and he is a really nice guy. Everyone would tell you the same. "Even if he plays for Chelsea, I don't want something bad to happen to him. Obviously when it comes to the game tomorrow though, we are not friends."