Liverpool: Steven Gerrard's 10 Most Defining Moments

It appeared to be a case of Deja Vu. Eighteen months later, Gerrard was forced to rescue an under par Liverpool side again who were on their way to defeat on the biggest of stages. Gerrard had already scored one net-buster and set up Djibril Cisse for another. He was playing his part. As usual.

In a game which has been labelled “The Gerrard Final”, such was his impact on the game, the Liverpool captain scored the most spectacular of FA Cup final goals to take his side to a penalty shoot out.

Shooting from 35 yards out in the dying embers of a cup final could have left Gerrard with egg on his face, but such is his outstanding, world-class quality, the midfielder delivered the most accurate of pile drivers past helpless West Ham ‘keeper, Shaka Hislop, sending the Liverpool fans behind the goal into hysteria.

This 90th minute fairytale equaliser, according to the man himself, would never have happened had he not been suffering from severe cramp moments earlier: “I was a long way out. Too far to shoot, surely? Be realistic! But the cramp made up my mind’"

His goal set up the ensuing penalty shoot out in which Liverpool came out victors.

Gerrard scored his penalty, too, of course.