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Gerrard's cousin, Anthony Gerrard, became a professional centre-back. He came through at Everton, where he did not make the first team, and spent most of his career in the Football League. [ 214 ] The two faced each other in a professional match for the first time in the 2012 Football League Cup final , when Steven's Liverpool defeated Anthony ...
A subsequent draw and loss saw Liverpool drop to fifth place on the table when Suárez completed his ban. From the next match until the end of the season, Liverpool would average 2.9 goals per game. They were top of the table at Christmas before back-to-back 2–1 losses away at Manchester City and Chelsea.
Things went from bad to worse for Liverpool after Benjani scored his second goal to make the score 3–0 after just 58 minutes. Liverpool were clearly shell shocked, but did manage to pull a goal back through Gerrard. Liverpool also got a penalty with only a few minutes to go, but Gerrard uncharacteristically skied the ball over the bar.
Gerrard said in 2020 that the team failed because managers were incapable of getting the best out of the team, offering Rafael Benítez as a hypothetical alternative. [ 7 ] The England team of manager Gareth Southgate , which reached the semi-finals of the 2018 FIFA World Cup and the final of UEFA Euro 2020 has been contrasted positively with ...
In the 38th minute, 53 seconds after Matthew Upson had scored for England, Frank Lampard shot the ball and it hit the underside of the crossbar, resulting in it crossing the line into the goal but bouncing back into the field of play due to backspin (without hitting the net).
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Wembley Stadium, which was the venue for the final.. Appearing in the final for the fourteenth time, Liverpool had won the FA Cup seven times previously (in 1965, 1974, 1986, 1989, 1992, 2001 and 2006), and had been beaten in the final six times (in 1914, 1950, 1971, 1977, 1988 and 1996).
As he approached the goal line, Barkley slowed down just enough to look back directly at Verse, who had no chance of stopping him. It was a surely satisfying moment for Eagles fans, who'd found a ...