

“But I say that without disrespecting previous successful Liverpool teams, because I grew up watching them, the European Cup winners, serial league title-winners, I grew up on all the DNA of that club. “I think to watch they are probably the best, because of the speed, the intensity and the mentality of this current group,” Gerrard said. Liverpool have also won the top flight 19 times, the FA Cup seven times and the EFL Cup nine times.īut the 41-year-old believes Jurgen Klopp's current Liverpool side are the most enjoyable ever. Gerrard won the Champions League with Liverpool, a competition they have won six times. They are three points behind Manchester City at the top of the Premier League. They have already won the Carabao Cup and are into the finals of the Champions League and FA Cup. A win for Villa would likely end Liverpool's pursuit of the title - part of an impressive season where they are competing for four trophies. Gerrard, the former captain of the Merseyside club, faces Liverpool with Aston Villa on Tuesday night. Villa will play Leeds United, A-League side Brisbane Roar in the Queensland Champions Cup before facing Manchester United in the ICON Festival of Football.Steven Gerrard has hailed the current Liverpool vintage as the best to watch in the club's history. Villa are set to jet off Down Under in July, with matches scheduled in Queensland and Western Australia.

Gerrard will have to return to Birmingham soon enough to take his squad away on a pre-season tour to Australia. A previous post showed him, his wife Alex and their daughter Lourdes with some friends at Javier's Cantina in the city, while another snap showed him relaxing on a lilo in a swimming pool. If his Instagram activity is anything to go by, Gerrard certainly seems to be enjoying himself in LA. Steven Gerrard has been enjoying his time off in LA (Image: 54-year-old was also at Wembley Stadium last month to watch support friends Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney as their Wrexham side narrowly lost to Bromley in the FA Trophy final. Ferrell is a Chelsea fan and is one of the co-owners of MLS side LAFC. As you might expect for such a random picture, it has gone down well, with over 135,000 likes at the time of writing and plenty of comments.įormer Arsenal striker Ian Wright replied: "That looks like fun." Fellow pundit Jermaine Jenas added: "Quality." Gerrard’s former Liverpool team-mate Robbie Keane and rugby icon Ugo Monye both wrote: "Class."Īmerican actor Ferrell, who has starred in films like Stepbrothers and Elf, may look like a bizarre dinner companion for Gerrard, but he is well-connected to the football world.

"As ye do,” Gerrard captioned the snap, alongside an emoji of a glass of red wine. 'Seal footballer' Kerlon looks completely different now 15 years after YouTube fame.Australia keeper's 'immense s***housery' spotted as he hides Peru's 'cheat sheet'.Gerrard is shown with a wide grin on his face, sitting across the table from Ferrell, in Wally's Beverly Hills, a famous Hollywood haunt. The 42-year-old is no stranger to LA, having spent a year playing for LA Galaxy before he retired from playing in 2016.īut the picture he posted to his 10.2million Instagram followers on Wednesday morning still caused many to double-take. Gerrard is currently enjoying some down time with his family in California and was joined by the Anchorman actor in a smart Beverly Hills restaurant. Aston Villa manager Steven Gerrard shared a bottle of wine with Hollywood royalty Will Ferrell in Los Angeles on Tuesday night.
