Gary Neville has branded ideas that Steven Gerrard is determined to assist Liverpool win the title as ‘absolute nonsense’ and says Aston Villa’s gamers would snigger at him if he tried to make use of his Anfield ties as motivation to beat Manchester Metropolis.
The title remains to be very a lot within the palms of the reigning champions, with a win at residence to Villa on the ultimate day of the season sufficient to safe Pep Guardiola’s aspect their fourth Premier League winners’ medal within the final 5 years.
Liverpool have to beat Southampton on Tuesday night and Wolves on Sunday to capitalise on any slip up from Metropolis – who're presently 4 factors forward – and a story has been constructing that it may very well be Anfield legend Gerrard who helps his outdated membership safe the title.
However Neville has rubbished ideas that Gerrard will be capable of encourage his Villa gamers greater than regular for the match and feels his Liverpool affiliation could have zero bearing on the match towards Metropolis.
‘I don’t purchase into this Steven Gerrard factor in any respect, the truth that he’s going to go there and he’s going to get them fired up,’ mentioned Neville throughout an Instagram Reside chat with Jamie Carragher.
‘Belief me, the Villa gamers gained’t give two hoots who they’re enjoying on Sunday. They’re not linked to the Liverpool emotion bit.
‘Steven Gerrard can’t go in and say, “I’m ex Liverpool, be sure to win this one for Liverpool” – the gamers will simply snigger at him!
‘So this concept, this Gerrard factor, that he’ll go there and win for [Liverpool] is simply an absolute nonsense. That's not going to occur.
‘The Villa gamers, none of them [care]. Coutinho, who else is there with connections to Liverpool? Coutinho that’s it. Danny Ings.
‘However these Villa gamers aren’t desirous about serving to Liverpool in any respect. Not in any method, form or kind.
‘And Steven Gerrard has been giving the identical messages to these gamers for the previous couple of months.
‘I don’t purchase into this Gerrard factor that’s going to occur on Sunday, I don’t in any respect. Stevie Gerrard will wish to win the sport only for his personal skilled causes, so will the gamers.
‘However this concept that he’ll be capable of get an unbelievable efficiency out of Villa simply due to his emotion and feeling in the direction of Liverpool, don’t get caught up in that crap, that's simply pure media stuff that.’
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