Steven Gerrard has admitted a weight has been lifted off his mind after he grabbed his first goal of the season against Bordeaux last night.
The Liverpool skipper was the driving force behind another impressive performance as the Reds secured qualification for the next phase of the Champions League with two games to spare.
And now he intends building on his second half strike and appearing on the scoresheet more often over the rest of the campaign.
"It was a weight off my mind to get the goal," he said. "I had a few chances before and you could see I was getting too anxious. But I just had a feeling it was going to come last night.
"My form has been a lot better in training and I knew it was just a matter of time before I took it onto the pitch.
"The most important thing for me is always going to be the team, but I know if I'm playing to my best I can have a big influence on our form.
"I've been missing something since the start of the season. I've not had the spark to my game, and I definitely think coming back from the World Cup has been a factor.
"It's more to do with missing pre-season. You're never as sharp if you don't get the full pre-season training, and it's no coincidence as far as I'm concerned that if you look around Europe a lot of the major players haven't started the season that well."
Gerrard was also keen to set the record straight once again over ridiculous weekend reports that he was considering his future at the club.
"What gets me down is losing games and hearing so much rubbish about me," he said.
"I could go on for several paragraphs about what was written last weekend. We're all a bit sick of reading the same things. I'm sick of it, the players are, the fans and the manager is.
"I feel really sorry for the fans that they have to see the focus put on me again in those stories, but what can I do about it?
"I think from the reaction of the supporters last night, it's clear to me they're not taking any notice of that stuff any more and that's exactly how I want it to be."
tuh gambar lama sgt..nih gmbar baru..tapi aku lupa drogba wat apa ngn bola tu lepas tuh:hmm:
lepas tuh dia buat nih, tp aku lupa apa terjadi antara dua peristiwa nih... cuba tanya mamat no8 yg membelakangi kamera tuh:pmuka: (walaupon gambar nih hari yg berlainan) :nerd:
Originally posted by stats at 2-11-2006 12:30 PM
ERRRR..aku rase kalo gambo lipatan gunting robocrouch tu..sgt afdal kalo diletak di post pertama tuh:ting: