"You-know Who" of Liverpool

Five-time European Champions,18-time English Champions,and yet again finding themselves embarrassingly 0-1 down versus not AC Milan or Juve,but Napoli...rest all, as they say,is History! Steven Gerrard,the charismatic captain,coming off the bench,to score a stunning hattrick,to save Liverpool yet again.How many times more,are we going to say that???

For the last few days,we have been singing about the greatness of Gareth Bale,comparing him already to Ryan Giggs,just after 2 classy performances,against the Defending European champions (But,please don't forget, champions who committed tactical suicide by replacing Jose Mourinho,with "Great" Rafa Benitez!!!)

2 more performances like that,and people may start to say he's better than Messi,possible! Yes,it's great to watch him tear apart World's best fullback to pieces,but let's not forget we have got a man who carries his team on his back week in-week out,He's called Steven Gerrard!

Many friends of mine will be surprised to read this,as they know how die hard Chelsea fan I am,but yes,after watching his heroics yet again in midweek,it's difficult not to praise that guy.Yes,it was only against Napoli,but in the current plight of his team,even that was a mammoth task!

Liverpool have been shambolic this season,no two ways about that,there is no desire to win,even Fernando Torres looks a lost man,but Gerrard is the only reason the Kops still have faith,he has always been there when they have needed him,just as he was on Thursday.Remember,when Liverpool needed a winner versus Olympiakos in stoppage time to avoid humiliation,it was HIM.When they needed a hero in Istanbul for the second half,or in the FA Cup final vs West Ham,he rose to the occasion,I still haven't forgotten his thunderbolt in the 91st min in that final!!

Yes,of course he has flaws,the drunken fight in a bar,and even diving at the smallest touch of a defender for a freekick,but he's only human,and he's one of the few who come closest to be Role models for young footballers.

Gerrard would have been a World-Champion,had he gone to Chelsea or Real Madrid,he even had the opportunities,no one would blame him for being ambitious ,but he chose not to.He chose to stay at the Club,he had dreamed of since his birth,even today,in the mediocrity surrounding Liverpool,still he shines like a beacon.And thats why,although I really hope he flops against Chelsea on Sunday, He is a real Hero in this world of "Ambitious" Rooneys and Ronaldos!!!