Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard has opened up on the infamous slip incident which cost Liverpool their first ever Premier League. Gerrard has revealed in his autobiography, how the then Liverpool coach Brendan Rodgers reacted to the incident.
Liverpool were flying high in the league and were the most entertaining team in the league with Suarez and Sturridge on top form. Gerrard was also playing well for the team and they were top of the table and on a 16 match unbeaten run going into the game against Chelsea.
Chelsea fielded a weakened team at Anfield after their European trip but they defended resolutely before Steven Gerrard miscontrolled a pass and slipped, only for Demba Ba to run away with the ball and score to put Chelsea ahead.
Liverpool would then draw with Crystal Palace after letting a 3 goal lead slip and ultimately were pipped to the title by Manchester City. The turning point in the title hunt was Gerrard's slip and the midfielder has been haunted by that memory ever since.
He says in his book that he cried after the game and was deeply disappointed that he cost his beloved team their chance to win a first Premier League trophy. He has given a whole chapter in his book dedicated to that slip at Anfield and he writes in detail how Brendan Rodgers reacted to the slip at half time.
Gerrard writes about Rodgers in his autobiography -
"I had been straining the whole half to make something happen, so had Luis [Suarez],"
"Chelsea just kept blunting us. And then I’d slipped. The dressing room was hushed."
“Look,if anyone deserves to be bailed out it’s him.Your captain needs you to all pay him back. The amount of times he’s pulled this club out of a mess and changed impossible situations and got players out of trouble are the stuff of legend."
"Now it’s time you repay him. You’ve got forty-five minutes to do it.Stevie, forget it,It happens. Let’s all go out and win this game. We can do it.”
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| Brendan Rodgers and Steven Gerrard |
Chelsea fielded a weakened team at Anfield after their European trip but they defended resolutely before Steven Gerrard miscontrolled a pass and slipped, only for Demba Ba to run away with the ball and score to put Chelsea ahead.
Liverpool would then draw with Crystal Palace after letting a 3 goal lead slip and ultimately were pipped to the title by Manchester City. The turning point in the title hunt was Gerrard's slip and the midfielder has been haunted by that memory ever since.
He says in his book that he cried after the game and was deeply disappointed that he cost his beloved team their chance to win a first Premier League trophy. He has given a whole chapter in his book dedicated to that slip at Anfield and he writes in detail how Brendan Rodgers reacted to the slip at half time.
Gerrard writes about Rodgers in his autobiography -
"I had been straining the whole half to make something happen, so had Luis [Suarez],"
"Chelsea just kept blunting us. And then I’d slipped. The dressing room was hushed."
“Look,if anyone deserves to be bailed out it’s him.Your captain needs you to all pay him back. The amount of times he’s pulled this club out of a mess and changed impossible situations and got players out of trouble are the stuff of legend."
"Now it’s time you repay him. You’ve got forty-five minutes to do it.Stevie, forget it,It happens. Let’s all go out and win this game. We can do it.”
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