“I never ever bring my playing days up,” Coach Steven Gerard reveals his coaching tactics at Liverpool

Former Liverpool midfielder Steven Gerard [Photo: Courtesy]

It's hard for Steven Gerrard to get away from his legendary status at Liverpool. At his new workplace at Liverpool’s Academy in Kirkby hangs a banner, proudly listing his games and goals, beside other famous youth products like Jamie Carragher.But he just wants to be Steven ­Gerrard the coach when he is out on the training pitch working with his table-topping Under-18 squad.

Gerrard has consciously consigned the glorious playing chapter in his life to the past as he focuses on successfully writing the next one as a coach.