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Steven Gerrard tribute match: An alternative XI the Liverpool player wouldn't want crashing the Anfield party

From embarrassing slips to pre-season brawls, here is an XI of those not expecting an invite...

Thursday 05 March 2015 17:15 GMT

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Liverpool announced a star-studded friendly today featuring some of the world's best players as part of a tribute match for departing captain Steven Gerrard on 29 March.

Gerrard will skipper one team, with former team-mate Jamie Carragher in charge of the other.

The 34-year-old Gerrard leaves the Reds in the summer to join Los Angeles Galaxy in the MLS, ending a 26-year association with his boyhood club.

The last 11 players Steven Gerrard would want to appear in his tribute game

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The last 11 players Steven Gerrard would want to appear in his tribute game

Ben Foster

Denied Gerrard from the spot in West Brom's 2-0 victory over Liverpool in February 2013. Foster later said saving the spot-kick was 'the equivalent of scoring a goal'.

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The last 11 players Steven Gerrard would want to appear in his tribute game

Tony Hibbert

A perennial nemesis from all of those Merseyside derbies. And not exactly the glam name you'd associate with a tribute match.

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The last 11 players Steven Gerrard would want to appear in his tribute game

Graeme Le Saux

Gerrard was once dismissed for a high tackle on the full-back in 2003.

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The last 11 players Steven Gerrard would want to appear in his tribute game

Dennis Wise

The pair were involved in an ugly confrontation back in 2000 during Liverpool's 3-0 loss by Chelsea.

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The last 11 players Steven Gerrard would want to appear in his tribute game

Andrea Pirlo

Gave Gerrard the run-around during Italy's dominant win over England in Euro 2012 and then rubbed it in with his dinked penalty to win the quarter-final. That Gerrard has often been labelled as the 'next Pirlo' but never quite matched him is another good reason not to invite him along to the party.

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The last 11 players Steven Gerrard would want to appear in his tribute game

Frank Lampard

They never could play alongside each other, could they?

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The last 11 players Steven Gerrard would want to appear in his tribute game

Kevin Campbell

Sent off for nasty tackle on Campbell in 1999 in Merseyside derby. Gerrard has since recounted that he bumped into Campbell in a nearby restaurant, who promptly confronted Gerrard and showed him the marks from the tackle. “He dropped his keks and showed me the stud marks I’d left on his thigh,” Gerrard later revealed.

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The last 11 players Steven Gerrard would want to appear in his tribute game

Demba Ba

The recipient of that costly slip which allowed Ba to run through and ended Gerrard's title dream.

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The last 11 players Steven Gerrard would want to appear in his tribute game

Mario Balotelli

Gerrard said he was “disrespectful” and “mischievous” for snatching the penalty away from then-captain Henderson recently. Would only steal the limelight anyway.

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The last 11 players Steven Gerrard would want to appear in his tribute game

Filippo Inzaghi

On the double in the Champions League final of 2007, breaking Liverpool hearts.

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The last 11 players Steven Gerrard would want to appear in his tribute game

Hakan Sukur

Involved in brawl during pre-season tie in Amsterdam in 2003 when Galatsaray took on Liverpool. “I felt like a bloody boxer. Chaos reigned” Gerrard wrote in his autobiography.

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Liverpool's statement concluded: "Gerrard will leave Liverpool at the end of the season and this special match will give fans the opportunity to see him alongside some of their favourites - all to raise funds for the local community."

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