60: 35th minute v Newcastle 3-1 (Away, Premier League, March 19 2006): GERRARD’S 60th goal in red was a real team effort. Daniel Agger advanced, ‘Alan Hansen-like’, half the length of the pitch before sending Djibril Cisse away on the right. The Frenchman crossed to the far post where Gerrard cushioned a header down to himself, played a neat one-two with Peter Crouch and then drilled the ball beyond Shay Given.

61: 60th minute v Aston Villa 3-1 (Home, Premier League, April 29 2006): LIVERPOOL saw Gerrard become the first midfielder to break the 20-goal mark for a season since John Barnes in 1990 with two goals to secure victory. The first came after he ran from deep to beat a sleeping Gareth Barry to the ball and flick home Alonso’s right-wing corner.

62: 66th minute v Aston Villa 3-1 (Home, Premier League, April 29 2006): GERRARD’S 21st of the campaign was a typical power-packed effort. The midfielder accepted a pass from Fernando Morientes before letting fly with a screaming shot from 25 yards.

63: 54th minute v West Ham 3-3 (Cardiff, FA Cup Final, May 13): HAVING been 2-0 down, Liverpool clawed their way back. Gerrard grabbed the equaliser, hammering home Peter Crouch’s knockdown from an Xabi Alonso chip into the box. Gerrard had now scored in the UEFA Cup, League Cup, Champions League and FA Cup Finals.

64: 90th minute v West Ham 3-3 (Cardiff, FA Cup Final, May 13): ARGUABLY Gerrard’s best and one of his most significant strikes. West Ham led 3-2 going into injury time. But his second equaliser is now etched into FA Cup folklore, as the indefatigable Gerrard summoned the energy to unleash an unstoppable shot from 35 yards that crashed into the corner. He added a penalty in the shoot-out to help Liverpool win 3-1.

65: 71st minute v Bordeaux 3-0 (Home, Champions League, October 31 2006): THE Liverpool captain raced on to substitute Bolo Zenden’s pass before sliding the ball underneath Bordeaux goalkeeper Ulrich Rame.

66: 65th minute v PSV Eindhoven 2-0 (Home, Champions League, November 22 2006): ONCE gain with Liverpool dominating, but finding no way through, up stepped their captain fantastic to break the deadlock. Pepe Reina’s quick throw-out Steve Finnan found Dirk Kuyt who, after turning Brazilian centre-back Alex, fed a pass into the path of the incoming Gerrard to race on and lash the ball underneath PSV keeper Gomes.

67: 67th minute v Manchester City 1-0 (Home, Premier League, November 25 2006): ANOTHER devlish finish, after 66 minutes six seconds gave Liverpool victory. Joey Barton’s intended pass back to Sylvain Distin was intercepted by the Dirk Kuyt and the Dutchman laid the ball off for Gerrard who, after taking a touch, rammed a swerving 20-yard shot beyond the City keeper.

68: 54th minute v Fulham 4-0 (Home, Premier League, December 9 2006): HAVING missed three of his last eight penalties, Gerrard improved that statistic after Ian Pearce handled Dirk Kuyt’s goalbound shot. He fired his spot-kick too close to Fulham goalkeeper Jan Lastuvka, who saved, but thankfully was alert enough to strike home the rebound.

69: 88th minute v Charlton 3-0 (Away, Premier League December 16 2006): GERRARD made certain of the points after substitute Peter Crouch had headed into his path on the left-hand edge of the box. He showed great control to kill the ball dead before a measured finish fired between two Charlton defenders and past the keeper.