Steven Gerrard calls Luis Suarez a genius

Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard has labelled top scorer Luis Suarez as an “absolute genius” in the wake of the Uruguayan’s display in the win over Southampton. Suarez had a hand in all three goals in Liverpool’s 3-0 win, scoring the first, assisting the second and winning the penalty for the third, prompting Gerrard to praise both his scoring and all round play in an interview with the Liverpool Echo.

“It was a huge win for us and Luis showed once again that he’s an absolute genius,” opened Gerrard, scorer of the side’s third goal.

“People had been talking about him going five games without a goal but his contribution to the team has never wavered.

“He is very unselfish. At times he’s been asked to play in a wider role and he has shown what a great team player he is.

“Even when he wasn’t scoring, he was still terrorising defenders and creating goals for us.

“It was a great way for him to celebrate 100 league games for the club. His record is phenomenal.

“All strikers go through spells where they don’t score but he’s back on the scoresheet now and hopefully there’s plenty more to come from him.

“After the quality of the finish for the first goal, it was a great assist for Raheem and then the way he earned the penalty just underlined the problems he caused them all game.”

Suarez has recorded either a goal (24) or an assist (10) every 61 minutes in the Premier League this season.