‘It makes me feel sh*t’ – Steven Gerrard admits he’s still haunted by Chelsea slip after failing to deliver Premier League title for Liverpool
Speaking to the Rio Ferdinand Presents podcast, Gerrard opened up about the mistakes he made during his playing days, saying: “I’m not sure what comes up the most. I feel good speaking about the good stuff. Istanbul, Olympiacos, the FA Cup, you know… anyway, you feel great.
“And when I do interviews or I see a clip on the telly or blah, blah, blah… and I see a s*** backpass I gave away for England, or I underperformed for England, missed a penalty for England, I feel s***.
“The Chelsea thing is exactly the same. It makes me feel s***. It is what it is. I’ve got to live with it, I’ve managed it, I control it. Does it pop up every day of my life? No, it doesn’t. Do I have to accept it and be man enough? Yeah, I can’t change it.
“But all the s*** moments I have in my career, they rear themselves every now and again. But so does the good stuff. So I have to take the rough with the smooth. But I hate losing football matches. I hate underachieving.
“And I sit here now still here not winning the Premier League. Not just that year, every single year I competed in it. Because I felt at Liverpool, being the captain, I should have delivered that. So I have to take the responsibility and own that.
“But I don’t overthink about individual moments, good or bad. I just deal with them as and when they come up. But they do come in and out of my thoughts.”
