When was gerrard made liverpool captain

Jordan Henderson has been named as Steven Gerrard 's successor as Liverpool 's club captain. The year-old has long been seen as the heir apparent to Gerrard, who departed Anfield for MLS side Los Angeles Galaxy at the end of the season. Henderson commented on his appointment, telling the official Liverpool website :. When Steven [Gerrard] wasn't in the team last season, I tried to do the best I could when I stepped in and took the armband.

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The game started badly. It appeared that AC Milan had the trophy won already. Rafa Benitez made a number of tactical changes at half time, including the substitution of Dietmar Hamann for Steve Finnan which allowed Gerrard to push further forward, and Liverpool launched one of the most famous comebacks in sporting history.

Gerrard headed in the first goal in from a John Arne Riise cross in the 54th minute. Moments later, Gerrard was brought down in the box by Gennaro Gattuso and won a penalty. There were no further goals in the game. Liverpool went on to win the match via a penalty shootout. Gerrard became the second youngest captain ever to lift the European Cup Didier Deschamps is the youngest.

Gerrard did not take a penalty, he would have taken Liverpool's fifth spot kick if Jerzy Dudek had not already saved from Andriy Shevchenko to win the match for Liverpool.

He later finished third in the European footballer of the year award. In April, Gerrard received his greatest personal accolade to date, when he was voted PFA Player of the Year by his fellow players, becoming the first Liverpool player to win the award since John Barnes in Gerrard capped the season by captaining Liverpool to victory in the FA Cup.

He scored twice in the Final against West Ham, including an equalizer in stoppage time to send the game into extra-time. Gerrard also scored in the penalty shoot out. His goals in the FA Cup final makes Gerrard the only player to have scored in all four major cup finals that it is possible for an England-based player to take part in. As Gerrard was rested from the starting line-up, Jamie Carragher was made captain for the match and thus lifted the cup; Gerrard replaced Boudewijn Zenden on the hour mark, and so added another medal to his collection.

Liverpool were unsuccessful domestically. They finished 3rd in the Premiership, 21 points adrift of the champions Manchester United and on equal points with 4th placed Arsenal. In the FA Cup, they were defeated by Arsenal at the third-round stage. In the Carling Cup they were again knocked out by Arsenal at the quarter-final stage. However, Liverpool fared better in the Champions League. Defending Champions and favourites FC Barcelona were beaten in the last 16, and joint favourites Chelsea in the semi-final.

In the semi, Gerrard provided the assist for Daniel Agger to score Liverpool's equalizer and later scored the third penalty for Liverpool in the shoot-out. Gerrard was awarded the Man of the Match award. The win marks Liverpool's first opening day victory in the Premiership since In the Champions League qualifier versus Toulouse F. While this was later confirmed as a hairline fracture in his toe he would return to play only four days later versus Chelsea.

On October 28, , Gerrard played his th game for Liverpool against Arsenal, scoring a goal. Gerrard was elected fans player of the match. Gerrard scored in nearly every game [quantify] during November and by scoring in the away Champions League tie against Olympic Marseille he became the first Liverpool player since John Aldridge in to score in 7 games in a row.

Liverpool finished fourth in the League and reached the semi-finals of the European Champions League eventually going out to Chelsea. Gerrard ended the season with 22 goals surpassing his goals total of the season and was one of the nominees for the PFA player of the year alongside teammate Fernando Torres.

He was also selected for the PFA Team of the year for the fifth year in a row and sixth overall. International career Gerrard was given his international debut by Kevin Keegan against Ukraine on 31 May It was 18 months and only 44 games since his debut for the Liverpool first team.

That summer, he was picked for the England squad for Euro