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Steven Gerrard pays birthday tribute to 'special' daughter Lilly-Ella as she turns 18

Former footballer Steven Gerrard has penned a sweet message to mark his daughter Lilly-Ella's 18th birthday.

The Aston Villa manager shares Lilly with wife Alex Curran, 39, and the Liverpudlian pair are also proud parents to Lexie, 15, son Lio, four, and 10-year-old Lourdes.

And Steven, 41, urged his eldest child to "never change" as he posted about her on her special day.

"Happy 18th Birthday Lilly I hope your day is as special as you are. We love you so much please never change," the proud dad wrote on social media.

Steve illustrated the Instagram post with a snap of Lilly-Ella smiling whilst sitting in a restaurant clad in an orange vest top - from designer label Off-White - teamed with a leather blazer.

Steven Gerrard's daughter Lilly-Ella is celebrating her 18th birthday today (mirror.co.uk)

He also gave a glimpse into the home he shares with his brood as he uploaded photos of the cake and balloon displays presented to his daughter.

Over the weekend, Lily-Ella celebrated her birthday early and shared the snaps taken from her party with her 165,00 Instagram followers.

The social media savvy beauty styled up a neon green blazer and shorts for her bash and continued her eye-catching look with pink heels and toted a Jacquemus bag.

The football wrote a sweet message to his eldest child on Instagram (@stevengerrard/Instagram)
Steven shared images of the balloons and cake gifted to Lilly-Ella (@stevengerrard/Instagram)

The Gerrard family and the teenager's friends all gathered at the upmarket Vincent Hotel in Southport for the celebrations.

The space was decorated with a neon sign reading Lilly-Ella's name.

A pampas grass floral display was erected which was given extra sparkle with glitterballs placed on the floor alongside candles.

DJs Anton Powers and Lee Morrison provided tunes for the partygoers and a saxophone player also played, Liverpool Echo report.

The blonde had a party at the Vincent Hotel in Southport (@lilly.gerrardd/Instagram)
She shared snaps from the bash online (@lilly.gerrardd/Instagram)

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Former Liverpool captain Steven started a relationship with model Alex in 2002.

Steven was 23 and Alex was 21 when they welcomed Lilly- Ella in 2004 and two years after they welcomed their second daughter Lexi.

They then tied the knot in a lavish ceremony in Buckinghamshire in 2007 and 2011 saw them have welcomed their third child, another daughter, named Lourdes and their son, Lio, arrived in 2017.

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