Newly appointed England’s captain inspiring Steven Gerrard believes that Fabio Capello has been successful in transforming England into a confident side who can beat any team in the world.

Speaking to News of the World, Gerrard said: “I can certainly say I experienced fear when I went out to perform. The pressure from supporters always transmitted itself on to the pitch. It’s always an honour to wear an England shirt but you only had to see some of the performances, myself included, to see it could also be a burden.”

“There was a lot of fear out there, it was difficult to play and we made hard work out of the fixtures we should have won. Fabio Capello has got rid of all that. The shackles are off and we play without fear now.”

Gerrard added: “He has given me some freedom on the left to go and express myself. He has helped me positionally and tactically too. The main thing I’ve noticed now is that when I go out there I really believe in myself. The fear has gone.”

While camparing Fabio Capello and Rafa Benitez, Gerrard said: “He was very similar to Rafa when he arrived at Liverpool. Capello is really good for players, he helps you individually”.

“He’s not the type of character who will be cracking jokes and having you in fits of laughter. But you don’t want that from the England manager, you want the best football man, the man who is going to improve both you personally and the team.

“When you listen to him talk tactics you know straight away that you’re going to be playing in a good team. Fabio is one of the best managers because he can give you that belief, which you can see in how we play for him. We’re playing some nice football, everyone is enjoying themselves and we’ve got smiles on our faces. The manager has brought that out in us.”

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After a great season in 2008/2009, Rafael Benitez who was very close to a sack is very optimistic regarding res of season. especially confident to be position in top four in Premier League.

Steven Gerrard said: “People have said our position is puzzling after last season’s success. It’s not puzzling at all. The table never lies, we haven’t been good enough. We are in this position for a reason and it tells us that we really haven’t been good enough, and the players have to take responsibility for that.”

“All us Liverpool players have got to look at our league position, roll our sleeves up and get this football club back where it belongs, as far up the table as possible.”

“It has been hard to take this season, yes. We’re all very disappointed with the way things have gone, especially after finishing second last campaign.

“There was a big belief we could go all the way. But now is not the time for hiding. We have to look at ourselves and put it right.

“We must aim for the top four, and that is something big to play for still. It’s a priority now, as it always is at this club, for financial reasons and because all top players want to play in the Champions League, me included.

“I still think we can turn the corner. As captain, I’ve got to make sure that happens. It’s fine looking at why it’s happening, but we need to put it right on the pitch.”

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Here is the video compilation of Liverpool winning the Champions League and Steven Gerrard lead the team with great motivation and spirit. Liverpool’s champions league win with Steven Gerrard’s own words. You will love these videos……

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29-year-ol inspiring captain said: “The mood in the camp is really good, although we know our position in the table isn’t good enough. But we have faith in our ability. We know we can put things right. It’s been a frustrating few weeks because as soon as I was fit we had the international break. I’ve been desperate to play and can’t wait to really get going properly again.”

Liverpool manager Benitez admitted it was frustrating for Liverpool to have lost control of their own destiny. “A lot depends on Fiorentina and Lyons, but the main thing for us is to concentrate on our game and see what happens. We have to prepare our game because we don’t have any influence over the other one. If we can do our job and win, we’ll see. We can do it. We have some players coming back from injury, so hopefully with a bit of luck we can progress.”

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Without Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres Liverpool finding it very difficult to stand in for both Champions League and Premier League titles. Both of them are standing in Castrol ranking with Fernando Torres at 8th position and Steven Gerrard at 13th.

Here are some facts and figures shows how much Liverpool is missing them:

1 - Both Gerrard and Torres have been in outstanding form over the last 12 months. Castrol Performance Analysis can demonstrate how Liverpool’s form drops dramatically when the two players are not playing alongside each other.

2 – The pair top the list of Premier League goalscorers over the last 12 months with Torres scoring 18 times since November 2008, and Gerrard in joint second place alongside Chelsea’s Nicolas Anelka with 17 goals.

3 – Gerrard has contributed 12 assists in the last year, a return bettered only by Arsenal’s Cesc Fabregas (17 assists) and Chelsea’s Frank Lampard (13).

4 – When the pair have been absent this season, Rafael Benitez’s side have averaged just 1 goal and 3.7 shots on target per game compared to 2.3 goals and 7.6 shots on target when both are in the team.

5 – Liverpool have won just one of the four games they played without both Gerrard and Torres before the end of October.

6 – Since the start of the 2007/08 season, Liverpool have won 69% of Champions League games when Gerrard and Torres have appeared together, but only 29% when one or both has been missing.

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Goals highlight of Liverpool game against Fulham last night. Fulham beat Liverpool by 3-1. It was another terrible game for liverpool. This was Liverpool’s eighth loss for this season.

Liverpool captain 29-year-old Steven Gerrard who is suffering from groin injury was omitted from Sturday game against Fulham and Torres who has muscle injury was withdrawn after an hour.

Benitez said yesterday that Gerrard “could be” fit for Wednesday, but with Torres, “we don’t know, last time it was four days for him to be ready again. We took him off to protect him.”

This is Liverpool second defeat after they beat arch-rivals Manchester United last week. Liverpool is playing against Lyon on Wednesday for Champions League title.

According to The Sun report: “Rafa Benitiez summed up his future in one sentence. When the reporter asked how long before he reconsidered his future, the Liverpool boss replied: “My future is against Lyon.”

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Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez denied the fact that there was no gamble in playing Steven Gerrard against Lyon (1-2) game last night. Steven Gerrard lasted for only 25 minutes in first half when he started to feel pain in his groin.

While speaking to Sky Sports Rafael Benitez said: “It was not a gamble to play Gerrard. He wanted to play and had trained normally for two days.”

“He was given the all-clear by the doctor, and what happened was just bad luck. He felt something wrong in his groin, and it was wise to come off. He felt that he had a problem with his groin and it could have been more serious so we had to change him.”

It was Liverpool fourth successive defeat in all competitions for the first time since 1987 and sees them sitting third in the group for champions league title race, six points behind Lyon and three behind Fiorentina.

Liverpool inspiring skipper is now a genuine doubt for Sunday’s mega-clash against Manchester United.

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Steven Gerrard accepted the criticism of Liverpool’s bad performance, He said: “We just didn’t turn up.” But he also attempted to be optimistic, claiming: “We will be fine if we win our home games.”

“We were disappointed to lose in Florence, we were second best all over the pitch and deserved to go in at the break losing. The reaction was better in the second half and we created some chances, but we just could not get into the game. We did not do what we usually do away from home in Europe.”

Gerrard continues: “We normally play at a high tempo and pass the ball really well, and play well on the counter-attack. But all over the pitch we just did not turn up. But this group is still wide open, there’s plenty of football to be played and we are now in the same position as Fiorentina with a win and a defeat, and they still have to face us at Anfield.”

Steven Gerrard seems very determined to win upcoming Champions League home games. He said: “If we win our next home game [against Lyons], things will be different. If we win our home games now that should be enough, we’ll be fine. But we need to get this defeat out of our system quickly, because we have a massive game now at Chelsea.”

“We need to produce a reaction from this defeat at Stamford Bridge, that has to be the aim now.”

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Dirk Kuyt’s goal in first-half stoppage time settled an undistinguished encounter played out in a strangely subdued Anfield atmosphere. Kuyt swept home the winner after Debrecen keeper Vukasin Poleksic failed to hold a low shot from Fernando Torres.

Liverpool deserved to clinch the three points for a period of sustained pressure that ended with Kuyt’s goal but Debrecen, the first Hungarian side in the group phase of the Champions League for 14 years, stuck gamely to their task and provided the odd anxious moment for the Kop.

In the end, it was Liverpool’s 100th victory in this competition in both its guises, the European Cup and the Champions League, and came in Benitez’s 300th game in charge at Anfield. It was an occasion unworthy of such milestones.

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