Steven Gerrard admitted He “threw a punch or three” in self-defence
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After the shocking video of Steven Gerrard brawl released yesterday. Steven Gerrard admitted in court, he “threw a punch or three” in self-defence because he thought “arrogant” Marcus McGee was about to attack him.
Gerrard said the confrontation came when Mr McGee, who was in control of the bar’s sound system, refused to let him change the music.
Gerrard said: “He stood up quite aggressively out of his stool and I thought to myself, I am not going to be able to sort this out in the way I wanted. I thought he was going to give me a smack. His facial expression was quite aggressive, so I threw a punch, maybe three. He threw some back one on the side of my head. I am right-handed, but I threw with my left. He sort of ran at me throwing digs back.”
Gerrard added, “The majority of the lads are good lads. My close mates are protective and they don’t like the mither [trouble] that arises. I’m bright enough not to get any mither and this is the first bit of mither I’ve got since I’ve been going out. It was getting on to about half past 12 and we were all having a laugh. But I wanted an input with the music as it wasn’t my cup of tea. I feel I know the staff well enough to have an input in the music.”
The Liverpool skipper said he had a heated exchange with Mr McGee about a “menu” of CDs. “He is standing right next to me and he grabs my menu off me. He grabbed it quite aggressively almost snatching really. So I said to him. ‘What’s your problem?’ and he said, ‘You are not allowed to do it’. I said, ‘I’ve had permission’.”
“I couldn’t tell if he was drunk. So I turned to a member of the bar staff and said, ‘Did you see that?’ He told me to forget about it. I spoke to my mates and told them someone wouldn’t let me have my music on. I told them, ‘Some p***k has just upset me for nothing’.”
“I pointed him out and they said, ‘Oh, just forget it’. But I wanted to know what his problem was. I walked over to him and asked ‘What right have you got to tell me I can’t have my music on?’ It changed my mood. My mate followed me but I didn’t know. I wanted to sort this problem out. Ideally, I wanted to straighten it out. I didn’t want it to spoil the night.”
“I just basically asked him, ‘Have you got a problem?’ We were at arm’s length. He stood up out of his stool aggressively. I thought he was going to give me a smack. John Doran [one of Gerrard’s friends] tried to split it up. But this time Lee, who is a member of the bar staff, pulled me away”.
“I thought I was going to be hit, so I hit him. I didn’t go over with the intentions of starting a fight. As soon as I spoke to him it became confrontational. He was off his stool quick – in my face. I didn’t want to turn my back in case he gave me a belt. He probably thought I was steaming in.”
Gerrard told officers he was filled with remorse over the incident. He said: “I was gutted it had happened. I wanted to round my mates up and get off. I hadn’t gone over to start a fight. The last thing I want is problems, or people getting hurt.”
In a police statement read to the jury at Liverpool crown court, Gerrard admitted he’d had a few drinks after scoring two goals in Liverpool’s 5-1 away victory over Newcastle United. Earlier he had been singing “The Fields of Anfield Road” as he partied with pals at the Lounge Inn in Southport, Merseyside, on December 29.
Arresting officer Det Const Peter Tynan asked Gerrard, “On a scale of 1 to 10 – 10 being legless and one being sober as a judge – how drunk were you?”
Gerrard replied: “I was a six/seven. I’d been drinking Budweiser bottles and one shot called a Jammy Donut.”
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