Steven Gerrard prepares to make his final Anfield appearance for Liverpool

As Steven Gerrard prepares to make his final Anfield appearance for Liverpool, we take a look back at the highs and lows with the club.In honour of his famous No 8 shirt, here are eight of his finest moments for Liverpool.......

Gerrard’s finest hour, as he inspired a brilliant Liverpool comeback in the most dramatic European Cup final in history. Trailing AC Milan 3-0 at half-time, Rafa Benitez’s men looked down and out. But Gerrard had other ideas, heading one back before creating space for Vladimir Smicer to add a second and winning the penalty for Xabi Alonso to equalise. Liverpool eventually won on penalties and Gerrard declared: “Lifting the trophy has to be the best feeling ever.”

A defining moment of Gerrard’s career came when he smashed home a 35-yard, 90th minute equaliser against West Ham in the 2006 FA Cup final. The Liverpool captain had earlier set up Djibril Cisse and scored himself to pull Liverpool back from 2-0 down, but produced something special to cancel out West Ham’s third. Gerrard then made no mistake from the spot as Liverpool won what has become known as ‘The Gerrard Final’ on penalties.

Liverpool’s famous Champions League win in 2005 would never have happened had it not been for another moment of Gerrard magic. With time running out, Liverpool needed a third goal against Olympiakos to progress from the group stages. The skipper stepped up and rifled a stunning strike from distance into the net to spark wild celebrations in the Kop.

Gerrard has scored nine goals against Manchester United – but his finest effort was surely the long-range piledriver which set Liverpool on course to complete their first double over their rivals in 22 years. Fabien Barthez couldn’t get close to the ball as Gerrard lashed it into the top corner, before celebrating in front of the Anfield faithful


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