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Charlotte Coates

Steven Gerrard leaves fans wondering as Sami Hyypia makes Liverpool captaincy admission

Here are your Liverpool morning headlines for Sunday, March 27.

What Liverpool fans did to Steven Gerrard spoke volumes as Anfield left to wonder

The latest Legends game at Anfield started and finished in exactly the same way. With Steven Gerrard’s name being sung around the ground..

And in between those moments, Liverpool supporters who chanted Gerrard’s name were treated to another vintage display by the Kop great. The midfielder simply rolled back the years in front of a full crowd.

Operating more as a forward than a central-midfielder, the now-41-year-old showed he hasn't lost that touch of class he has always posed with less than five minutes on the clock. Receiving a pass a good 35 yards from goal, the current Aston Villa boss dropped the shoulder and moved away from Roberto Trashorras with ease.

READ MORE: Jamie Carragher and Rivaldo bring Liverpool supporters to their feet as Daniel Agger fumes at Luis Garcia

READ MORE: Ally McCoist explains why Liverpool are 'increasingly likely' to sell Mohamed Salah

The only disappointing aspect of the move was that Gerrard opted to try and play in team-mate Dirk Kuyt instead of going for goal from distance. But it was a sign of things to come as an instinctive backheel followed just minutes later.

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'Still remember the day' - Sami Hyypia on losing Liverpool captaincy, coaching plans and Steven Gerrard relationship

For many players, completing a transfer move to Liverpool is a lifelong dream.

Not every individual who fulfils this ambition goes on to experience success at the club, though this was not the case for Sami Hyypia. Making Anfield his new home in 1999, the towering central-defender would go on to spend a decade on Merseyside and claimed a total of eight major honours.

Both of Hyypia's parents were footballers in his native Finland, though following their career path was not always an outcome the now-48-year-old viewed as a realistic possibility. Speaking to the ECHO, the Reds' fan-favourite admitted: "I never thought I would be playing professionally. I had a lot of fun with my friends on the football field and that was my passion. I think it was quite late in my teenage years that it became more serious. I had some luck in my career with some things, you always need luck, but I worked very hard for what I did in my career.

"When I was 15, I grew up quite quickly. Everything on the field was a little bit more difficult. At that moment, I didn't have big plans or big targets. I was easy with the targets and remained realistic.

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