sport news Steven Gerrard: Where are Liverpool legend's team-mates from dark day against ...

sport news Steven Gerrard: Where are Liverpool legend's team-mates from dark day against ...
sport news Steven Gerrard: Where are Liverpool legend's team-mates from dark day against ...

Along with famous and magnificent successes, Steven Gerrard endured tough moments during his exhilarating playing career at Liverpool

His final game, at Stoke on May 24 2015, is right up there with the most humiliating. A chastening 6-1 defeat - where Gerrard scored Liverpool's solitary goal - left Brendan Rodgers fortunate to keep his job at the end of an underwhelming season. 

Gerrard, now in charge of Aston Villa, will be hoping for a better day this weekend when he manages his first game in the Premier League against Brighton. However, looking back on that dark May day, what have Gerrard's team-mates been up to since then - and where are they now? 

Steven Gerrard's final game as a Liverpool player was a humiliating 6-1 defeat against Stoke

Steven Gerrard's final game as a Liverpool player was a humiliating 6-1 defeat against Stoke

Stoke raced into a 5-0 lead at half-time with Brendan Rodgers' side all at sea in defence

Stoke raced into a 5-0 lead at half-time with Brendan Rodgers' side all at sea in defence 

Six years on from that defeat, Gerrard is back in the Premier League as manager of Aston Villa

Six years on from that defeat, Gerrard is back in the Premier League as manager of Aston Villa

GK - SIMON MIGNOLET 

This was one of Mignolet's worst days too as a Liverpool player - he did not conceded more goals than this in one game for the club. 

After being ousted as the club's No 1 by Loris Karius in 2017-18, the Belgian was a clear No 2 behind Alisson when Jurgen Klopp's side won the Champions League. 

He then moved on to Club Brugge in his homeland in 2019 for £6.4m, where he is the No 1 and he still features regularly in the Belgium squad. 

Simon Mignolet is now the No 1 at Belgian side Club Brugge, who are in the Champions League

Simon Mignolet is now the No 1 at Belgian side Club Brugge, who are in the Champions League

RB - EMRE CAN 

The German, out of position at right back during that fateful day against the Potters, stayed at Liverpool for three more years and was a regular during the early years under Klopp. 

However, he refused to sign a new contract, with his last appearance coming in the 2018 Champions League final defeat to Real Madrid. 

He moved to Juventus, where he stayed for a year and a half before he joined Borussia Dortmund on loan - he signed permanently in the summer of 2020. 

Emre Can moved on a free transfer to Juventus in 2018 - he is now at Borussia Dortmund

Emre Can moved on a free transfer to Juventus in 2018 - he is now at Borussia Dortmund 

CB - MARTIN SKRTEL 

The intimidating Slovakian centre back was a regular under Rodgers and played here and there under Klopp in his first season, before he was sold in the summer of 2016 to Fenerbache for £5m after eight years on Merseyside. 

Since then, he had a three-week period at Atalanta in 2019 where he failed to adapt to his new surroundings and was released from his contract, before he joined Turkish club Istanbul Basaksehir. 

Now 36, he has returned to play his club football in Slovakia after 17 years abroad, at Spartak Trnava.  

Martin Skrtel moved to Fenerbache, then Istanbul Basaksehir, before returning to Slovakia

Martin Skrtel moved to Fenerbache, then Istanbul Basaksehir, before returning to Slovakia 

CB - MAMADOU SAKHO 

The Frenchman signed a new deal just a few weeks before Brendan Rodgers was sacked, but the centre back fell out of favour under Klopp during the 2016 pre-season tour of the United States. 

After being late for the flight and a team meal, Klopp sent him home. He never recovered and a loan move to Crystal Palace was then made permanent in 2017. 

Mamodou Sakho (left) is now at Montpellier, after falling out of favour at Liverpool and Palace

Mamodou Sakho (left) is now at Montpellier, after falling out of favour at Liverpool and Palace 

Yet Sakho eventually fell down the pecking order at Selhurst Park too and upon the expiration of his contract at the end of last season, he joined Ligue 1 club Montpellier on a free transfer. 

LB - ALBERTO MORENO

The Spaniard stayed at Anfield for four more years after the Stoke humiliation, and was Klopp's No 1 choice at left back in his first season. 

But he was usurped by James Milner, and then Andy Robertson, before leaving on a free transfer to Villarreal after the 2019 Champions League triumph. 

Moreno plays regularly under Unai Emery at Villarreal and scored in the penalty shootout win against Manchester United in last

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