Roam the streets of Liverpool on a home match day and you’ll see the club’s red kits everywhere. In addition to all the LFC jerseys you might see a couple L.A. Galaxy shirts here and there (I saw a few downtown on my way to Anfield that day). Yes, Steven Gerrard has now moved on to the Los Angeles Major League Soccer franchise in America but you can’t metaphorically take the Steven Gerrard out of Liverpool.
You can’t take the Liverpool out of Steven Gerrard either.
Rivalries, it seems are for life. Look at what happened when Stevie G. met this Manchester United fan.
https://twitter.com/ThePLZone/status/794871111808937984
Yes, Gerrard is “flicking him off” or “flipping him the bird.” Extending the middle finger is the universal hand gesture for “go piss off,” and that’s exactly what this fan is receiving.
All in good fun though. This picture is going viral world wide. You can see the same pic in many Tweets with the text written in numerous languages.
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