Video: Gerrard's champagne moments from ten years at Anfield
Debate: is Gerrard Liverpool's greatest ever player?
The Liverpool captain celebrates the tenth anniversary of his arrival on the Anfield stage tomorrow, and we thought we take the chance to look back his greatest goals. Feel free to tell us which of your favourites we've missed.
Sheffield Wednesday, 1999
His first for the club and one to rank with his most memorable. Aged 19, Gerrard took possession 35 yards from goal, beat two players with consecutive body swerves before driving his shot into the bottom corner. An awesome talent had arrived.
Manchester United, 2001
No goal is more satisfying for a Liverpool fan than one scored against their bitter rivals. How sweet for them then to watch Gerrard surge forward on the counter-attack from just inside the opposition's half and beat Fabien Barthez from distance.
Olympiakos, 2004
Perhaps the most significant strike. Needing three second-half goals to progress from the group stages of the Champions League, Liverpool had only two when Gerrard struck an unstoppable half-volley with four minutes left. Almost six months later, his side were champions of Europe.
Middlesbrough, 2005
Possibly his best. In a season when Gerrard considered moving to Chelsea, he provided what some thought would be the perfect valedictory effort with a dipping volley angled across the goal from 30 yards, earning his side a point after poor performance.
West Ham, 2006
No match showed better Gerrard's ability to haul his side back from the brink than the FA Cup final of two years ago. He equalised first with his side 2-1 behind and again when they trailed 3-2 with a 30-yard show-stopper in injury time. Liverpool won on penalties.
AC Milan, 2005
Possibily the most important goal he has ever scored, it made everything that followed possible.



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