Steven Gerrard's Top Five Goals

Liverpool's Steven Gerrard has scored a few top-class goals in his time, such as the second against Marseille in the Champions League last night -and they're often at the most crucial moments. Here's five of his best:

Personally, this goal against Olympiakos is the most memorable moment. LFC need not only to win but must gain the extra 3 goals to qualify. When Gerrard bazooka this goal, it was a step closer to our 5th Champions Cup in Istanbul.

By Telegraph staff Last Updated: 12:33AM BST 18 Sep 2008

5: LIVERPOOL 2-1 SOUTHAMPTON - 2001
There are almost too many goals vying for this place to choose from, but everyone loves a goal that rifles in off of the crossbar. Gerrard's 35-yard dipper did just that, leaving Paul Jones with no chance.
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4: LIVERPOOL 3-3 MILAN (3-2 on pens) - 2005
At half-time in the Champions League final, Liverpool were 3-0 down, and being given odds of 100-1 to recover. Gerrard single-handedly began the fight-back, frantically waving his arms, inspiring the crowd and exhorting cramp-stricken team-mates to screw their courage to the sticking place. Leading by example, he scored in the 54th minute, one of the most inspiring demonstrations of determination and belief in Champions League history. As Jamie Carraghe said: "The first goal gave us hope." While his header is not one of the most aesthetic goals in this list - its magnitude is unsurpassed.
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3: LIVERPOOL 1-1 MIDDLESBROUGH - 2005
Technically speaking, this goal against Middlesbrough is Gerrard's finest, sweetest strike. Chesting the ball down before firing a looping volley into the top corner from 35 yards, Gerrard's skill is there for all to see. However, because of the suspicious number of stunning goals that Gerrard has scored under the most pressing of circumstances, and because this goal lacked importance and only earned Liverpool a draw, it must be relegated to third place.
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2: LIVERPOOL 3-1 OLYMPIAKOS - 2004
Not only did this goal render Andy Gray almost speechless, an extraordinary feat in itself, it made Liverpool's Champions League victory in Istanbul possible, as victory by only one goal over Olympiacos would have left Liverpool out of the competition. Gerrard had already declared he was uninterested in the Uefa Cup as consolation, and as time ran out, the midfielder proved it by stepping up to fire home perhaps his most significant goal in a Liverpool shirt.
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1: LIVERPOOL 3-3 WEST HAM (3-1 on pens) – 2006
As AC Milan and Olympiakos have experienced, Steven Gerrard stiffens the sinews and scores his most scintillating goals at the most crucial of moments. Add West Ham to the list of those who have had triumph snatched away, against all odds, by the Liverpool captain. In the 2006 FA Cup final, West Ham were leading 3-2 at the end of normal play. Just as four minutes of extra time was announced, Gerrard pounced with a stock in trade driven strike from outside the area. Gerrard himself calls this his best goal ever – enough said.

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