Gerrard reveals he feared for career
Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard has admitted he thought his career was finished after spending six months on the sidelines with a groin injury.
The 31-year old marked his return to the starting eleven on Saturday with a goal in the 1-1 draw with rivals Manchester United after surgery to repair his injured groin.
Gerrard admits he knew the injury was serious as soon as it happened and his morale dropped to a dangerously low level as he tried to continue playing through the pain.
“It’s only natural that you have doubts. Different things cross your mind from time to time.” He said.
“When I got the injury I knew it was going to be a serious one, something that I wasn’t used to. I’ll admit that I was down, as low as I’ve ever been as a footballer.
“Before the operation I’d been getting niggles and having injections to play. I knew I wasn’t right. I was trying to put my body on the line. But it wasn’t the real me and I wasn’t the player I want to be.
“I was missing training sessions and coming in the day before a game trying to get that last session in, or having injections to play the next day.”
Despite being back to full fitness and being able to play again the England international revealed that the last six months have been the toughest of his career and thought he’d never run out at Anfield again wearing Liverpool red again
Gerrard said: “You can only do that for a certain amount of time before your body gives in, and my groin packed in on me.
“When it happened I was down and it took time before I got back in to a positive frame of mind. It probably wasn’t until a couple of weeks after the operation, when I got off the crutches, that I started being really positive again.
“Without a doubt the last six months have been the hardest of my career.”
