A collection of names Gerrard wouldn’t welcome to Anfield in a hurry!
With Liverpool set to award long-serving midfielder and captain Steven Gerrard with a testimonial at the end of this season, his final one with the club, here’s a look at an XI of players the Reds legend might not be planning to invite along…
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10) Ben Foster
With hints of some bad blood between the players, Ben Foster saved a Steven Gerrard penalty in West Bromwich Albion’s 2-0 win in 2013, describing it as ‘the equivalent of scoring a goal’.
9) Tony Hibbert
A long-serving Evertonian and Merseyside Derby rival, Tony Hibbert is surely not one of the names in Gerrard’s mind for his farewell match.
8) Paul Konchesky
A player who fluked a goal against Liverpool in the 2006 FA Cup final before later joining the Reds as one of their worst-ever signings, Paul Konchesky surely isn’t one likely to be welcomed back to Anfield.
7) Andrea Pirlo
Having utterly outclassed Gerrard for Italy against England in Euro 2012, surely the departing Liverpool skipper won’t want to come up against the Juventus maestro again too soon.
6) Andriy Voronin
A bad striker with a poor attitude, Andriy Voronin will be one of Gerrard’s Liverpool team-mates he’s surely keen to forget.
5) Frank Lampard
It has been famously said many, many times that Gerrard and Frank Lampard couldn’t play together, so Stevie surely won’t want to bring that old debate up again in his final game.
4) Demba Ba
The player who broke Liverpool hearts last season after pouncing on Gerrard’s infamous slip, Demba Ba is surely not in mind for another Anfield appearance.
3) Thierry Henry
Another player who regularly scored against Liverpool at the expense of Gerrard, whose misplaced backpass let him in in a 2-1 defeat at Highbury in 2006, the former Arsenal man is probably not in line to appear in this game.
2) Mario Balotelli
Awkward, but already there are signs that Gerrard and Balotelli don’t get along, and it might be that the unsettled Italian striker is one that the departing Reds star won’t want playing in this game.
1) Filippo Inzaghi
Scorer of two goals in the 2007 Champions League final for AC Milan against Liverpool, Filippo Inzaghi is another name Gerrard will want to forget from his career.