Steven Gerrard Quotes
Earlier on in the season I`d have been very surprised to think we could win this competition because there were some fantastic teams in it.
I think we`ve got a lot players in the squad who are more suited to European football at the moment.
We are Liverpool Football Club and the expectations are so high.
But I think the Champions League Final puts a massive pressure on every player and the manager, but we`re enjoying the pressure and hopefully we can go there and win it.
This club is all about winning trophies and we`ve got a chance of bringing the greatest trophy of them all back to Anfield, so it means a great deal obviously.
But I it doesn`t matter who scores the goals so long as we win.
I think every player listens out for his name being sung and it`s something I really enjoy.
To me it`s the best trophy you can win and to bring it back for all them fans that have supported us right through would be something special.
Against Juventus we were massive underdogs, so to beat them was fantastic.
The fans have played a massive part in getting us to where we are, but the job`s not finished.
It will be a dream come true if I can go there and lift it.
We`ve proved a lot of people wrong so far but the job is not finished yet and if we come home from Istanbul empty handed then it would be a disaster.
I`m a fan myself and I`m frustrated just as much as them when we get beat.
I watched Italia `90 with my Mum and Dad and my brother, you know, leaping around the house when the penalties were on... It would be great to be part of that, to have that kind of impact.
I think it all goes down to who plays the better football on the night.
I share their frustration at times and I get down just like them when we suffer a bad result.
I`ve got absolutely no intention of ever going to play at another club.
Hopefully it`ll give us a bit of luck on the night, but I`m not really a superstitious person.
I`ll admit, it gives me a real buzz when I hear my name being chanted and that feeling is the same now as it was when I first broke into the team.
My message to the fans would be that hopefully I can continue to perform as consistently as I have done this season and lift a trophy for them soon.
Even now I can say I`d love to finish my career here, and then stay in the game after that.
Obviously the fans are very important to me, in fact they mean everything to me and they are the people I try to please when I play.
There`s no doubt that the squad needs strengthening if we are to get back up among the top three because they are operating on another level to us at the moment.
I listen to the phone-ins on the way home and I know how the fans feel.
The Champions League is the competition everyone wants to be in.
The odds were against us, but we deserve to be where we are.
