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
best blend desire dressing experience gang hungry match people quality room seen stands wants winning
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.
asked three
I was asked to play in three different positions,
believe both incidents seen sending tv
I thought the sending off was very harsh. We have seen both incidents on the TV and can't believe it,
affected cup desperate happened manager players relationship win worked
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.
against age confident experience maybe percent squad
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.
season signed
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.
award involved last looking past players won
I'm shocked, looking at the players that have won this award in the past and some of the unbelievable players involved last year,
disguise fact problem statistics
Statistics don't lie. I'm not going to disguise the fact that we need a poacher. The problem we have got is obvious.
goals icing near trying
I was trying desperately to set him up near the end because that would have been the icing on the cake. But goals will come for him, because he's brilliant.
among close direction gap lift liverpool mean moving points trophy win
We need to close the points gap and show we are moving in the right direction, to be right among them. If we can win a trophy it would mean everything to me to lift it as Liverpool captain. It would make me very proud.
bragging carry chelsea fantastic game next rights until
We've now got the bragging rights until the next derby. Chelsea are a fantastic side. We've just got to concentrate on our own game and carry on winning.
beckham david desperate gary good last likes mix round time youth
This time round, there's ... a good mix of youth and experience. It could be the likes of David Beckham and Gary Neville's last World Cup, so I think everyone's going to be desperate this time round to deliver.
came points three
We came here for three points and we're disappointed to go away with one.
again hopefully produce stage thursday wayne
This stage is set for Wayne and hopefully he can produce again on Thursday night.