Steve Gerrard - Captain Fantastic in Olympiakos testimonial win

In the second half, the Anfield faithful had to wait until just past the hour mark to see Luis Suarez. The media made a big deal about the reception Suarez would get but us Liverpool fans, we’re not fickle. Where’s the sense in booing your best player and encouraging him to probably go on his way? Oh no, we showed that lad just where he is, where he’s playing and what he’d miss.

To thunderous cheers and applause, Suarez entered the field and from The Kop I joined in with everybody else and belted out his song, to make sure he knows we just can’t get enough. I’ve since seen videos of Suarez taking a long hard look at The Kop after coming on and I’m sorry, if he doesn’t stay after that reception in a testimonial for Steven Gerrard, then he can jog on as far as I’m concerned, good luck finding that kind of support anywhere else.

Robbie Fowler (C) and Luis Suarez (R) came on, in the second half

Jordan Henderson also entered play replacing Joe Allen at the same time as the Suarez substitute, the Uruguyuan replaced Aspas. Also subbed was Kolo Toure, who made way for the stalwart Jamie Carragher. Jamie was cheered each time he touched the ball and a rendition of “team of Carraghers” was sung proudly.

Jordon Henderson though was the man taking all the focus, I’d barely sat down from the whole Suarez cheering when Henderson with his first touch of the game had smashed the ball into the back of the net, brilliant stuff! I really like Jordan and you can really see his improvement as time goes on. If he can keep working on his hesitancy as well, I will be really impressed.

Suarez played his usual game with pace and trickery, but his real ambition lit up when Robbie Fowler was introduced to the game just after the 70 minute mark. Fowler’s first move was to get stuck into a tackle which he won but then ended up falling over and doing a backwards gambol! Suarez seemed more determined to set Fowler up than to get on the score sheet himself, but despite the sheer brilliance of watching God play, there just wasn’t going to be a goal.

Most of you will know that the reason I support Liverpool is because of my older brother supporting them when I was little, Robbie Fowler was his idol and he’s gonna be well jealous when I tell him tomorrow I got to see him play.

With five minutes left on the clock, Brendan Rodgers made the substitution that saw Jay Spearing replace Steven Gerrard. A rapturous applause and several chants of “Steve Gerrard, Gerrard” saw the captain leave the field. It was such a superb day at Anfield and one I will never forget.

Most importantly though, it’s yet another pre-season win and another clean sheet for Liverpool. Here’s hoping as a team, we can do Gerrard proud next season and justify that loyalty he has showed the club.