Summary

  • Countdown to Steven Gerrard's biggest moments

  • Gerrard leaving Liverpool for LA Galaxy

  • 709 Reds games, 185 goals, 10 trophies

  • Gerrard's last match at Stoke on Sunday

  • Listen to 5 live Gerrard special from 20:00 BST

  • Vote on which manager he was best under

  1. Gerrard's top moments - number 5published at 20:34 British Summer Time 21 May 2015

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  2. Postpublished at 20:33 British Summer Time 21 May 2015

    Here's number five. Want a clue? It involves a huddle at the end of a win on an emotional day.

  3. Postpublished at 20:31 British Summer Time 21 May 2015

    BBC Radio 5 live

    Times football editor Tony Evans: "Rafael Benitez would always try to act as a brake on him. Rafa tried to keep his feet on the ground. There was an edginess in their relationship."

  4. Postpublished at 20:31 British Summer Time 21 May 2015

    Here are a few more of your memories of Liverpool winning the Champions League in 2005...

    Russell: On my couch ..watching the game with my Man U -supporting cousin. He stopped laughing with the score at 2-3 Milan.

    Shane Daly: I was watching a movie in my girlfriend's house, (she didn't like football) her Dad was watching the match, i did sneak a peak.

    Ashish: Saw Liverpool trailing 0-3 should have been 0-4. Stopped watching. Next day TV flash showed Liverpool won. I thought it was a typo.

  5. Votepublished at 20:30 British Summer Time 21 May 2015

    He may have only had one haircut but when was Gerrard at his best? You can vote on which Liverpool manager he was at his best under on this page. Read the terms and conditions here and we will publish the results soon after the vote closes at 21:30 BST.

  6. Kiss campublished at 20:28 British Summer Time 21 May 2015

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    'Kiss cam' is popular around the Major League Soccer grounds, and Gerrard was first spotted practising kissing in front of the camera in 2009 after scoring against Liverpool's bitter rivals Manchester United.

    Gerrard could not resist planting a smacker on a pitch-side TV camera after scoring from the penalty spot in a 4-1 win at the then champions - a remarkable result for Rafael Benitez's side.

    Liverpool were flying at the time, with Fernando Torres, who also scored, flourishing under Gerrard's captaincy.

    The Reds went on to win eight of their remaining nine games but it was still not enough as they finished four points behind champions United.

  7. Gerrard's top moments - number 6published at 20:26 British Summer Time 21 May 2015

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  8. Postpublished at 20:26 British Summer Time 21 May 2015

    Number six? El Nino and El Gerrardo.

  9. Postpublished at 20:25 British Summer Time 21 May 2015

    BBC Radio 5 live

    Daily Telegraph's Henry Winter: "It encapsulates the quality that has given Gerrard his edge. The rivalry was huge between Liverpool and Manchester United. Growing up he always admired Bryan Robson and wore his England shirt, his father said you can't wear that because he plays for Manchester United. What would the neighbours think? That is in his DNA, the shirt was driving him on. You can't control the hurricane."

  10. Join the debate at #bbcfootballpublished at 20:24 British Summer Time 21 May 2015

    Matt Murphy: As a Liverpool fan, I never want Gerrard to leave, ever. As a football fan, him and Jose Mourinho would've worked wonders.

  11. Red Gerrardpublished at 20:23 British Summer Time 21 May 2015

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    No one can accuse Gerrard of not being committed to the Reds. But he was like a red rag to a bull when he came on as a substitute with his side trailing 1-0 at home to Manchester United on 22 March this year - Liverpool's number eight was sent off after just 38 seconds.

    Gerrard was punished for stamping on Ander Herrera moments after being tackled by the Spaniard. Liverpool went on to lose the game 2-1.

    It was the seventh red card of his Liverpool career - his first also came as a substitute, against Everton in 1999 - and a sorry Gerrard later apologised for "letting down my team-mates and the fans".

  12. Gerrard's top moments - number 7published at 20:21 British Summer Time 21 May 2015

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  13. Postpublished at 20:21 British Summer Time 21 May 2015

    Number seven? Gerrard doesn't like to hang about when he is on the pitch. And he was on and off in a hurry the last time he faced Liverpool's bitter rivals Manchester United.

  14. Join the debate at #bbcfootballpublished at 20:18 British Summer Time 21 May 2015

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    Sarah: In Istanbul! Best night ever

    Van Kyleder: Crying in my Living room with my dad and brothers for the first half then going wild when we won.

    A few more of your memories of Liverpool winning the Champions League 10 years ago.

  15. Treble joypublished at 20:17 British Summer Time 21 May 2015

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    Gerrard leaves Anfield with a reputation for scoring in high-stake games. Istanbul, Millennium Stadium, Old Trafford, Stamford Bridge - he has netted on almost all the big stages he has played on.

    But where did he develop this knack?

    After helping Liverpool win the League Cup final against Birmingham and the FA Cup against Arsenal,, external the then 20-year-old scored the second of his side's five goals to defeat Spain's Alaves in the 2001 Uefa Cup final in Dortmund.

  16. Gerrard's top moments - number 8published at 20:15 British Summer Time 21 May 2015

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  17. Postpublished at 20:15 British Summer Time 21 May 2015

    Number eight? What a night in Dortmund!

  18. Postpublished at 20:14 British Summer Time 21 May 2015

    The Times' football editor Tony Evans on BBC Radio 5 live: "He couldn't bring himself to leave, there is lots of mythology, that is rubbish. Ultimately his family didn't want him to leave and after that difficult night of the shirt-burning, he sat in the night and was almost hyperventilating, and couldn't bring himself to leave."

  19. When Anfield was rockedpublished at 20:11 British Summer Time 21 May 2015

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    Less than two months after Liverpool won the 2005 Champions League, Anfield was shaken to the core as Gerrard said he wanted to leave after turning down a new £100,000-a-week contract.

    Aged 25 at the time, Gerrard's announcement came after Liverpool rejected a £32m bid from Chelsea, managed by Jose Mourinho in his first spell at Stamford Bridge.

    Some fans reacted by burning Gerrard's shirt, external outside the Shankly Gates at Anfield.

    Days later, he had a change of heart after talks with chief executive Rick Parry, who said: "He realises how much the club means to him."

  20. Gerrard's top moments - number 9published at 20:10 British Summer Time 21 May 2015

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