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 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're going to the final, that's the most important thing. Whether it was a goal or not, I'm sure people will comment on that, but we're happy we're going to Istanbul. Chelsea put us under pressure but we defended really well.
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What a lot of people tend to overlook when discussing Peter is that he's excellent on the floor as well as in the air
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I wouldn't have stayed if I didn't think we could win the league,
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If we get the right result Thursday night, that will give us the springboard to reach the final. There's a feeling that this year could be ours.
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Obviously it's up to Real Madrid. He's their player and they will decide,
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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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When you beat Argentina like that and play so well you start to think you can beat anyone. It is probably the most exciting team there has been at that level for a while. It will be such a waste if we go there and fail. The 2010 World Cup will be really difficult in South Africa but this one in Germany will really suit us. We've got to make the most of it.
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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'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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was something for the England manager to consider, not me.
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To go through to another final and win this special award in the same weekend is fantastic for me.
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Wayne is like a dog on a lead at the minute and we can let him off on Wednesday,