Steven Gerrard
Steven Gerrard
Steven George Gerrard, MBEis an English professional footballer who plays for Major League Soccer club LA Galaxy as a central midfielder. He spent the majority of his career playing for Premier League club Liverpool, with most of that time as their captain...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth30 May 1980
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We had a lot of young players. I don't really think we were 100 percent confident going into it that we could go all the way. Everything was against us - the climate, it was a long journey, maybe the age of the squad and the experience in the squad wasn't ready.
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We are getting increasingly good results against the top sides and emerging as challengers to Chelsea. We feel we are significantly improving in all departments.
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We are getting good results against the top sides and not slipping up against the smaller ones. We are emerging as challengers for the title. There is still a big gap to reduce but, as the season goes on and we keep getting the results, our confidence will get bigger and bigger.
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We slipped up badly against Northern Ireland and this group of players wants to put a run of winning games together. We want to win this group. We are a bunch of winners and want to finish first.
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We need to perform again like that and I'm sure we're going to lift the cup if we do.
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It's very dangerous to bet against Liverpool, especially when our backs are to the wall,
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You've got to give him credit for his all-round performance against Croatia, he ran himself into the ground and was involved in two goals,
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This stage is set for Wayne and hopefully he can produce again on Thursday night.
asked three
I was asked to play in three different positions,
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I think we know the manager really well now, we've worked with him for a long time. We know he's desperate to win this World Cup and I don't think the relationship with the players has been affected by what's happened recently.
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We've got the best blend of youth, experience and quality the club's seen in a while. We have a gang of very hungry players. Everyone wants medals. When you've got that desire in a dressing room, and when the punters in the stands and the people in the boardroom match it, then you've got a winning mixture. I look around the dressing room pre-kick-off now and you can see the will to win in people's eyes.
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I'm signed here for this season and another two so there is no situation. There's a lot of speculation but that's not down to me.
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I'm shocked, looking at the players that have won this award in the past and some of the unbelievable players involved last year,
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Statistics don't lie. I'm not going to disguise the fact that we need a poacher. The problem we have got is obvious.