Lost in the glory that followed the defeats of Juventus and Chelsea, it’s easy to forget just how special this chilly December night really was. The reds went into the critical game six of the Champions League group stages coming off two of their best performances of the season – the famous 2-1 victory over Arsenal and the destruction of Aston Villa (the game technically finished 1-1 but we pissed all over them).
Needing to win either 1-0 or by a two-goal margin (assuming Monaco would beat group whipping-boys Deportivo) to qualify for the last 16, morale in the camp was helped no end by selfless captain Steven George Gerrard’s latest rousing ‘I wanna win things, me me me’ speech, which conveniently found its way onto the back pages on the morning of the game. But, not for the first time in 2004/05 and certainly not the last, Stevie G's awesome on-field talents ensured the next day’s papers would be full of the right sort of headlines.
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