I'm ok! Torres released from hospital with no ill-effects following horror head injury;

-Fernando Torres has been released from hospital following a horror head injury

-The club have issued a statement showing the player smiling with thumbs up 

-The striker appeared to be knocked unconscious against Deportivo 

-Torres went in for an aerial challenge with midfielder Alex Bergantinos

-Gabi was bitten by Torres as he tried to prevent striker from swallowing tongue

-Torres was later visited by Bergantinos and remembers nothing of the collision

-Antoine Griezmann rescued Atletico a point to secure an eventual 1-1 scoreline

Fernando Torres has been released from hospital following his horror head injury sustained during Atletico Madrid's draw against Deportivo.

The former Liverpool man was able to leave hospital on Friday morning following final tests and the club have issued a statement to confirm the player's health is good.

'A cervical magnetic resonance has corroborated that Fernando Torres has no alterations or traumatic injuries after the blow to the head that he suffered on Thursday,' the club wrote in statement

Fernando Torres has been released from hospital following his horror head injury vs Deportivo

'After spending the night in observation, Fernando Torres has left this morning the hospital of La Coruña. The player will now rest for the next 48 hours.'

There was tremendous concern for the forward late on in the La Liga clash following what seemed to be a clash of heads with Alex Bergantinos in the 85th minute, Torres hitting his head hard on the turf upon landing. 

And Bergantinos later went to visit the former Liverpool striker in the hospital, during which the Spanish striker assured him not to feel bad about the situation.

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The Atletico icon was greeted by a swarm of press upon being discharged from hospital

'He is very well and happy. They have told him how he is and he has understood perfectly,' Bergantinos said following his visit, report Africa Headline.

'He told me to be calm and that these things happen.

'He told me that something like this happened years ago.

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He was calm and even smiling. He remembers an occasion he had and other things, but he does not remember anything about our collision,' Bergantinos added.