Vs Fulham, I am sure all of you have seen it, it was a celebration that gerrard has reserved for an FA cup win or a CL win; this was neither, this was vs Fulham bottom of the premier league, so what gives?
Too many times in the past liverpool have suffered false dawns, win one lose one draw one, rivals drop points only for liverpool to play a day later and fail to win, opportunity replaced but missed opportunity; if only.....if only we "could of won" if only we had taken the opportunity...."if only" was a phrase used consistently around Anfield.
So when the top 3 teams all dropped points and liverpool strolled into Fulhams ground, Gerrard had seen it all before, the missed opportunities, the feeling of always missing out when it mattered; and it seemed so familiar as toure conjured up a fantastic ballerinas pirouette to tuck the ball home neatly as the names of traore and others ran through his head, yet this was different, something had changed.
Not once, not twice but 3 times liverpool came back to win at the death, with a 3 pronged attack that oozes class, speed and a lethal accuracy in front of goal....in short Gerrards celebration was one of belief, one of laying previous ghosts to bed; gerrards liverpool have a real opportunity and gerrard can sense it, and he and his team will take some stopping!
Gerrards celebration.
posted on 15/2/14
Yeah like they say in scouser land carm down
But I agree that Gerrard is the right player for business end of the season.
I have seen many articles here from Liverpool "fans" who were saying that LFC win games without him.
Well the Fulham game showed when the chips are down, Liverpool can't win without their captain marvel.
He has been a great servant to the club, a loyal player which is a rarity these days.
I do laugh at those id0ts who question Gerrard.
posted on 15/2/14
It might have just been to his mates in the corner of the ground!
posted on 15/2/14
Gerrard is now playing in a position which suits him and the team much better, which BR has recognised.
His celebration was fantastic but my guess is it was as much relief then anything else following a highly pressurised situation for him. It was crucial penalty, I was cacking it watching him take it. To see it hitting the back of the net would have been a special moment for him.
I never noticed at the time, but presumably he was booked for his celebration because he removed his shirt. Another farcical rule if you ask me.
posted on 15/2/14
Pass of the season
posted on 15/2/14
Agreed, PPD, a stupid rule. But it wasn't Gerrard that won the game, it was the team, especially Sturridge and Teixeira who both bust a gut to get in there and score. And we had to, because the poor quality of the Red's play, up until the 70th minute, was second class, second to Fulham's.
JimmyTheRed
posted on 15/2/14
Toure and Skrtel's horrendous errors aside, I didn't think we played too badly against Fulham jimmy. We deserved to win imo, but we just made it very hard for ourselves. I never said Gerrard won us the game, but the pressure on him when taking that penalty was huge. Anybody would realise how important that was, winning the game in the dying minutes is something we haven't been able to do very often recently, even if it did take a rush of blood from the Fulham right back and Gerrard's cool head for us to do it. If I was a Fulham supporter I would have been spitting feathers about Riether's decision to dive in. It was a horrible piece of defending and ultimately must have played a part in the manager losing his job.
posted on 15/2/14
everyone go ott over gerrard
posted on 15/2/14
Fully agree with your observation there PPD; the pressure on StevieG must have been immense. Full marks to their goalie too, he got his hands on the ball but couldn't keep it out.
The reason for my own negativity, I suppose, comes from the fact that it caused physical pain to watch the game. Maybe Im getting too old to go for a full 95 minute heart attack!
JimmyTheRed
posted on 15/2/14
Fulham have just sacked their manager!!!!