'I was in Liverpool dressing room after Steven Gerrard slip - the way he acted spoke volumes'

Liverpool icon Steven Gerrard's gaffe against Chelsea successful 2014 volition spell down arsenic 1 of the Premier League's astir infamous and defining mishaps - and this erstwhile Red had a front-row seat

Former Liverpool goalkeeper Simon Mignolet admitted that Steven Gerrard's infamous gaffe against Chelsea was taken 'personally' but dealt with good by the Reds icon.

As Brendan Rodger's side hosted the Blues connected April 27, 2014, they sat 5 points wide atop the Premier League and had conscionable 3 games remaining. Belgian shot-stopper Mignolet had arrived connected Merseyside successful the summertime from Sunderland and played each azygous infinitesimal of that league campaign.

What occurred adjacent is ingrained successful English top-flight folklore. On the changeable of half-time, the lucifer was balanced connected a weapon borderline astatine 0-0. Gerrard failed to power a walk from centre-half Mamadou Sakho, and arsenic the shot fell into the grasp of absorption striker Demba Ba, helium slipped, allowing the Senegalese guardant to bushed Mignolet and springiness his broadside a 1-0 lead.

This would yet beryllium the catalyst for a momentous rubric throw, arsenic the Reds drew 3-3 with Crystal Palace and surrendered the crown to the eagerly awaiting Manchester City. Though specified a load was placed upon the shoulders of the iconic Gerrard, Mignolet credits him with wearing his bosom connected his sleeve and continuing to beryllium an unflappable relation model.

“Looking backmost to it, present I’m older, and you tin recognize it a small spot better, particularly being successful his presumption erstwhile that happens,” Mignolet began, speaking on Ben Foster’s Fozcast.

“He’s done truthful overmuch for the club, and it's not lone successful that crippled but I deliberation successful immoderate crippled helium played for Liverpool. When you suffer arsenic a Liverpool subordinate - particularly arsenic him - you instrumentality immoderate nonaccomplishment personally.

“You consciousness for it, particularly erstwhile this benignant of happening happens. He took everything connected his shoulders, and helium took everything successful his head. Looking backmost to it, it indispensable person been truthful hard for him to woody with that.

“But, helium was specified a personality, and yeah, you can't talk highly oregon much highly of a guy. Not lone arsenic a player. Because it was besides disconnected the transportation that helium was specified a relation exemplary for the nine and for everybody who was determination progressive astatine the club.”

The legendary midfielder would play retired 1 last play with his boyhood Reds earlier leaving for LA Galaxy successful 2015, having been the club’s skipper since 2003.

“He was not the feline who was the large shouter,” admitted Mignolet erstwhile asked astir Gerrard arsenic a captain. “But helium conscionable fto by illustration and each the things helium did, however helium behaved himself, however helium was a professional.

“Also, the mean feline was inactive acting to beryllium successful his benignant of situation; it’s not casual - it's not straightforward, it's not normal. Being capable to beryllium portion of a subordinate successful his dressing room, yeah, you larn truthful overmuch from these kinds of radical due to the fact that it's not lone arsenic a shot subordinate it's besides arsenic a person. The mode helium was with each azygous idiosyncratic connected the transportation and disconnected the pitch, yeah, it's a recognition to the person.”

It was this personable quality that Mignolet, who departed Anfield successful 2019 for existent nine Club Brugge, praised up of Gerrard’s footballing ability.

“Because helium was specified a bully subordinate but besides specified a personality, and past being capable to conscionable enactment yourself, enactment normal, for me, that's much recognition to what helium really performed connected the pitch,” helium concluded.

“Of course, everybody looked up to his goals, the mode helium played, and each the endowment helium has. But past being capable to enactment yourself, enactment calm, enactment composed, and beryllium normal, that’s really a bigger credit, I think.”

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