Carragher names participant HE blames for notorious Gerrard ‘slip’ aim

Jamie Carragher has revealed the participant he blames for the Chelsea aim that price Liverpool the 2013-14 Premier League title. 

The Reds had been in pole place to finish their 24-year top-flight drought in direction of the tail finish of the season earlier than collapsing within the ultimate stretch, permitting Manchester City to capitalise.

The 2-0 defeat by Chelsea at Anfield ended an 11-match successful streak was the catalyst for Liverpool’s collapse, and a 3-3 draw in opposition to Crystal Palace within the following sport all-but ended their title hopes.

Chelsea’s essential opener within the crunch conflict when Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard‘s slipped whereas in possession in his personal half, gifting the possibility for Demba Ba to run via on aim.

Victory was confirmed in harm time as Willian doubled the guests’ lead, however Gerrard’s function within the first aim was written into infamy. 

Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard infamously slipped earlier than Demba Ba scored Chelsea’s first

The former captain remains to be haunted by the error on the Anfield turf practically ten years in the past

But Jamie Carragher positioned the blame elsewhere as he rued Liverpool’s misfortune in 2014

But Carragher doesn’t lay the blame on the toes of his former skipper, and as a substitute revealed he factors the finger at one other of his team-mates on the day.  

‘I nonetheless blame Simon Mignolet for that aim with Demba Ba,’ Carragher instructed his co-hosts on Sky Bet’s Stick to Football podcast. 

‘He was so straight going via on aim, there was nowhere he might put it besides via the keeper’s legs. 

‘He was working so straight on aim that I feel it was troublesome to attain and there was nowhere else he might go.’

In 2020, Gerrard admitted that he was nonetheless haunted by the mishap, which he described as a ‘brutal, merciless low in (his) life’. 

‘I park it up, but it surely comes again, on a regular basis,’ the Al-Ettifaq supervisor mentioned. ‘What triggers it? I do not know. TV. Images. Just me reflecting’. 

But regardless of being the architect of Gerrard’s nightmares, goalscorer Ba has beforehand said that he ‘did not really feel sorry for him’ for taking part in a task in a long-lasting second of embarrassment. 

Jose Mourinho – who was head coach of Chelsea and seeking to defend the title on the day – had a extra charitable view on the day’s occasions when requested concerning the match in December. 

The Portuguese supervisor has a powerful relationship with then-Liverpool head coach Brendan Rogers, and was eager to emphasize he ‘felt sorry’ for his reverse quantity, even when ‘on matchday, pals keep at house’. 

The Liverpool legend named team-mate Simon Mignolet because the participant liable for the aim

Jose Mourinho beforehand revealed why Chelsea had been so decided to spoil Liverpool’s 2014 title dream

Mourinho celebrated wildly on the touchline at full-time, and revealed that his group had been significantly fired up in a bid to ‘destroy their social gathering’. 

‘We had been on the bus and the blokes exterior had been promoting shirts with “Liverpool Champions” on, and you’ll’t permit that as Chelsea,’ Mourinho mentioned. ‘You need to hold the advertising and merchandise in a field.

‘We performed a improbable match. Of course, Stevie G slipped, and he was the final one who deserved that to occur, however that is a part of soccer and in actuality we performed so effectively.’

Liverpool had been fated to attend six extra years earlier than claiming the long-elusive Premier League trophy on the finish of the staggered 2019-20 season.