38 seconds is all it took. Almost 2 months since Steven Gerrard announced that he would take the flight to Los Angeles come July, people all over the world came to be flooded with emotions. But as luck would have it, when it's Gerrard in the equation, there can never be a good ending. Am I being pessimistic? Maybe. Maybe not. Or maybe it's just a case of highlighting the facts and subsequent truth. Take last season as a start. Liverpool. Excellent form. Check. Lethal strike-force. Check. Title on the cards. Check. Slip. Check. Wait, what? That was surely not in the script. Sunny afternoon game against fellow rivals Chelsea. Bus parked. Frustrating 90 minutes. Captain, leader, legend slipped. Ball rolled into the path of the striker to ultimately hand the title to City.
Even a neutral would agree to the fact that Gerrard deserved to win it. For the first time and who knows, maybe for the last time.
This year its been a completely different story. Dropped from the team on numerous occasions and suffering with a few injuries. Keeping the problems aside, he still is a top class player. But the saddest part? He will go down in history as the player who could not win the league. And the game on Sunday, made it even more bitter.
Mayukh Kumar
Even a neutral would agree to the fact that Gerrard deserved to win it. For the first time and who knows, maybe for the last time.
This year its been a completely different story. Dropped from the team on numerous occasions and suffering with a few injuries. Keeping the problems aside, he still is a top class player. But the saddest part? He will go down in history as the player who could not win the league. And the game on Sunday, made it even more bitter.
Mayukh Kumar
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