Steven Gerrard is back for Liverpool

Gerrard fights for the ball against Newcastle

He could not sit anymore longer and watch his teammates do it all alone. He was itching to join the squad in their campaign to give Manchester United, the league table toppers, a red hot chase.

That is the spirit that led Skipper Steven Gerrard through a quick recovery back into the game to feature in Liverpool’s match against Newcastle Sunday afternoon in which the Mighty Reds won by 3-0.

With these three points in the bag, Liverpool FC have closed the gap on Manchester United at the top of the Barclays Premier League to only three points.

After missing three matches, Captain Planet Steven Gerrard passed fit for the starting line-up for this match and replaced Lucas Leiva. While the impressive striker, Fernando Torres, was out of the squad, but watched his mates from the Anfield director’s box. Steven Gerrard, as usual, fired dangerous shots on goal, but to the relief of the Magpies, his balls could not to find the net. His searching passes were also manifest in the game and his foot works sent balls upfront to test the rearguard of Newcastle’s players.

Everything worked well for Liverpool when Yossi Benayoun parted away with the first goal which attracted some views from the other side as offside contrary to the official’s opinion. Dirk Kuyt made Liverpool confident with the second goal of the first half. Joey Barton added to Newcastle’s sorrows in the second half as he attracted a straight red card for a harsh tackle on Xabi Alonso.

In the dying three minutes to the end of the match Lucas scored the last goal with a diving header from a well taking free-kick from Aurelio that broke the wings of Alan Shearer’s desperate warriors to put the Mighty Reds at 77 points with three matches left while Manchester have 80 with four matches in hand.

Captain Steven Gerrard is strong against the backdrop of speculations from some football professionals that the PFA title suited him but which went elsewhere and together with his team and Boss Rafa Benitez, they are poised to quickly capitalize on any mistake that the League table toppers will make to claim the title.

Written by Sylvester Asare

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