Top 10 Liverpool players of the decade

#7 Steven Gerrard

Captain fantastic, till the very end.

The early 2010s represented the final few years of Steven Gerrard's Liverpool career, with the influential skipper slowly drifting away from his peak years. Gerrard had his fair share of difficulties under the likes of Roy Hodgson and Kenny Dalglish, but he enjoyed a new lease on life under Brendan Rodgers, finding his game again and contributing to the Reds' rise up the ranks.

Gerrard became a set-piece expert in 2013-14 as he came so close to realising his dream and winning the Premier League as Liverpool captain. But it wasn't meant to be. That season ended in the cruellest way imaginable for Liverpool and Gerrard. A crucial slip against a stubborn Chelsea side gave them a rare opening to take the lead and crush Anfield's collective hearts.

The following season was a continuation of the heartbreak for Gerrard, as he announced that it would be his final season as a Liverpool player. Things went very wrong in the final months of the season, as the Reds capitulated. Gerrard himself had many days he would rather forget.

He got sent off within 36 seconds of his final Liverpool vs Manchester United game, while his final game at Anfield ended in a 3-1 loss to Crystal Palace and his final game for Liverpool ended in an embarrassing 6-1 defeat to Stoke City.

Still, through the pain and misery, Steven Gerrard continued to be an inspiration at Anfield who did all he could to lift his boyhood club.