Steven Gerrard

Gerrard hails "fantastic" Liverpool

Liverpool captain Steven GerrardLondon - Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard saluted a "fantastic team performance" after his side thrashed Real Madrid 4-0 on Tuesday.

Already 1-0 up from the first leg, Liverpool advanced stylishly to the quarter-finals, suggesting their post-Christmas wobble may be over.

For Madrid, this was their biggest-ever Champions League defeat.

"The first 30 minutes we were awesome," Gerrard said.

"We got the job done, and then in the second half it was just about seeing it out."

Liverpool’s Gerrard has a secret love for classic novels

Liverpool’s Gerrard has a secret love for classic novelsLondon, Feb. 10: Liverpool and England football star Steven Gerrard has a secret love - reading classic novels.

The England star likes nothing more than settling down with a weighty book after a day on the pitch.

And he has read his favourite - John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men - so many times it has fallen to pieces, reports the Daily Star.

"Obviously football is my main passion, but I love reading. My favourite book is definitely Of Mice And Men," the 28-year-old Gerrard said.

Liverpool captain Gerrard out for three weeks

London  - England midfielder Steven Gerrard will be out of action for at least three weeks with a hamstring injury, his club Liverpool confirmed on Thursday.

The Liverpool captain limped out of Wednesday's 1-0 FA Cup defeat to Everton after 16 minutes.

A scan on Thursday morning revealed a tear in the hamstring.

Gerrard is now a major doubt for the first leg of Liverpool's Champions League round of 16 tie against Read Madrid on February 25.

Liverpool player Gerrard’s wag Alex Curran involved in car collision

Liverpool player Gerrard’s wag Alex Curran involved in car collisionLondon, Jan. 15 : Soccer star Steven Gerrard's wife, Alex Curran, was involved in a rush-hour collision on Wednesday.

Curran, who was driving her 55,000-pound Range Rover, crashed at traffic lights 10 minutes from the couple's home, reports The Mirror.

Shattered glass and bits of broken bumper were left in the road after her black 4x4 collided with another car. ng off."

Gerrard's England career not in danger after arrest for assault

London, Dec. 30: Liverpool and England footballer Steven Gerrard''s career with the national team is not in danger after he was charged on Tuesday with assault occasioning actual bodily harm and affray following an argument over music being played in a restaurant that allegedly escalated into a violent brawl.

Gerrard, 28, was charged over the alleged fracas in which Marcus McGee, a company director, lost a tooth and needed four stitches to a head wound.

According to The Sun, Gerrard was released from custody at Southport police station almost two hours earlier after police interviewed him and the other five men, aged between 18 and 33 - none of whom are teammates of Gerrard - for most of the day.

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