Liverpool vs AC Milan Legends: Steven Gerrard’s last-minute winner delights Anfield crowd

Liverpool Legends 3-2 AC Milan Glorie: Liverpool’s talisman secured the victory with a vintage half-volley in the game's dying moments

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As the international break took hold, the ageing heroes returned to Anfield in their hoards as Steven Gerrard thrashed home a last-gasp winner to secure Liverpool Legends a 3-2 victory over AC Milan Glorie.

The game, played with intent, albeit half-speed, started as a stroll for Kenny Dalglish's side, with cumbersome poacher Robbie Fowler giving Liverpool the lead with a wonderful flick off the outside of the boot.

Gerrard, Jamie Carragher, Michael Owen and Djibril Cisse all returned for the Reds, and it was the latter who stretched Liverpool's lead to two on the stroke of half-time, breezing past the 52-year-old Alessandro Costacurta before calmly slotting past Dida in the Milan goal.

But then it was the turn of a legend-inundated Milan side, featuring Andrea Pirlo, Kaka, Cafu and Gennaro Gattuso, to prance on the stage. After Kaka was scythed down by Daniel Agger on the edge of the box, Pirlo nonchalantly swept a free-kick up and over the wall with little more than a shrug of the shoulders.

Then, with just three minutes remaining, Giuseppe Pancaro curled a deft finish from the edge of the box into the top corner to put the game on tenterhooks.

But, as if scripted by the Kop crowd themselves, Gerrard stormed through the centre of the pitch as the seconds ticked down, shirked off the challenges of two defenders, and drove the ball into the net off the inside of the post. A fitting end to a sun-blushed afternoon touched by fading stardust.

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[23 March 2019 16:38 · Tom Kershaw]

GOAL! Liverpool Legends 2-2 AC Milan Glorie (Pancaro, 77)

Giuseppe Pancaro curls a brilliant strike from the edge of the box right into the top corner. A wonderful piece of skill from the 37-year-old to tie the game

[23 March 2019 16:40 · Tom Kershaw]

GOAL! Liverpool Legends 3-2 AC Milan Glorie (Gerrard, 79)

Steven Gerrard finds what's surely the winner! He charges towards goal, jinks to either side throwing off two defenders, and thrashes a half-volley towards the bottom corner. It rattles the inside of the post and it's in! Vintage Gerrard.

[23 March 2019 16:41 · Tom Kershaw]

FT: Liverpool Legends 3-2 AC Milan Glorie

And he's done it! Steven Gerrard's last minute strike earns Liverpool the win.

[23 March 2019 16:46 · Tom Kershaw]