Football: Fear of Repeat Failure Fires Gerrard Aspirations ; Bad Memories of Last Day of Season Spur Captain On
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IT IS not experience or a captain's armband that has driven Steven Gerrard to new levels of performance this season -it is the fear of failure. Recollections of the final day defeat at Stamford Bridge last year still hurt the Liverpool captain,and the prospect of a repeat against Newcastle in three week's time fills him with dread.
The "most expensive game in Premiership history",as Chelsea versus Liverpool was billed at the time,proved a defining moment not only for the Londoners, who may well have gone into administration and therefore failed to entice Roman Abramovich without the riches of the Champions League,but Gerrard too.See the full content of this document
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Football: Fear of Repeat Failure Fires Gerrard Aspirations ; Bad Memories of Last Day of Season Spur Captain On
Simmering frustration at how the season had developed and how fourth place was sliding away from Liverpool at Stamford Bridge came to the fore that day, with the midfielder sent off for a tackle on Graeme Le Saux.
Since that day he has flourished with res...See the full content of this document
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