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Steven Gerrard has heaped the highest praise on Luis Suarez, describing the Uruguay striker as the "best player he has ever played with by a distance".
Suarez picked up three awards at Liverpool's end of season awards ceremony - Players' Player of the Year, Fans' Player of the Year, and scorer of the club's goal of the season. These latest awards were in addition to the two "big ones" that he has already won this season - the Football Writers' Player of the Year, and the Professional Footballers' Association Player of the Year, but to have such praise from his veteran captain may have topped the lot.
The 27-year-old has scored 31 goals this season that has lifted Liverpool from seventh place last season to title contenders. Having missed the first six league matches of the season due to his biting incident with Chelsea’s Branislav Ivanovic, Suarez has completed a remarkable turnaround - something which has filled Gerrard with pride.
"Luis seems to be cleaning up at the moment. He's won everything and we are lucky to have such a world-class talent like Luis playing here with us and helping us to great things and be successful," Gerrard said at the Liverpool Players' Awards Dinner on Tuesday night.
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Liverpool: The latest match pictures Crystal Palace 3 Liverpool 3 Martin Skrtel reacts after the 3-3 draw between Liverpool and Crystal Palace
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Liverpool: The latest match pictures Crystal Palace 3 Liverpool 3 Luis Suarez adds a third immediately after Sturridge's goal, giving Liverpool a seemingly unassailable 3-0 lead
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Liverpool: The latest match pictures Crystal Palace 3 Liverpool 3 Daniel Sturridge doubles Liverpool's lead as his deflected effort beat Palace goalkeeper Julian Speroni
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Liverpool: The latest match pictures Crystal Palace 3 Liverpool 3 Joe Allen heads Liverpool into the lead as he converts a first-half corner
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Liverpool: The latest match pictures Liverpool 0 Chelsea 2 Willian has the simplest of finishes to make it 2-0 for Chelsea
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Liverpool: The latest match pictures Liverpool 0 Chelsea 2 Demba Ba celebrates his goal
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Liverpool: The latest match pictures Liverpool 0 Chelsea 2 Demba Ba scores for Chelsea after Steven Gerrard's slip
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Liverpool: The latest match pictures Liverpool 0 Chelsea 2 Steven Gerard and Jon Flanagan try to retrieve the ball from Jose Mourinho
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Liverpool: The latest match pictures Liverpool 0 Chelsea 2 Tomas Kalas, on his Premier League debut, tackles Raheen Sterling
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Liverpool: The latest match pictures Norwich 2 Liverpool 3 New Norwich manager Neil Adams salutes the crowd prior to kick-off
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Liverpool: The latest match pictures Norwich 2 Liverpool 3 Raheem Sterling fires Liverpool into an early lead at Carrow Road
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Liverpool: The latest match pictures Norwich 2 Liverpool 3 Raheem Sterling celebrates his opener with manager Brendan Rodgers
Liverpool: The latest match pictures Norwich 2 Liverpool 3 Luis Suarez scores against Norwich in Liverpool's 3-2 win
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Liverpool: The latest match pictures Norwich 2 Liverpool 3 Raheem Sterling and Luis Suarez celebrate during Liverpool's game with Norwich
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Liverpool: The latest match pictures Norwich 2 Liverpool 3 Raheem Sterling is challenged
Liverpool: The latest match pictures Norwich 2 Liverpool 3 Gary Hooper pulls a goal back for Norwich after a mistake by Simon Mignolet
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Liverpool: The latest match pictures Norwich 2 Liverpool 3 Joe Allen challenges Robert Snodgrass for the ball
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Liverpool: The latest match pictures Norwich 2 Liverpool 3 Raheem Sterling's shot deflects off Bradley Johnson and over John Ruddy to put Liverpool 3-1 ahead
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Liverpool: The latest match pictures Norwich 2 Liverpool 3 Robert Snodgrass sets up a thrilling finale by heading a second Norwich goal
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Liverpool: The latest match pictures Norwich 2 Liverpool 3 Liverpool players rush to celebrate with captain Steven Gerrard at the final whistle
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Liverpool: The latest match pictures Liverpool 3 Manchester City 2 Philippe Coutinho fires in Liverpool's winner
Liverpool: The latest match pictures Liverpool 3 Manchester City 2 David Silva pulls one back for Manchester City
Liverpool: The latest match pictures Liverpool 3 Manchester City 2 Martin Skrtel heads in Liverpool's second
Liverpool: The latest match pictures Liverpool 3 Manchester City 2 Raheem Sterling celebrates his opening goal with Luis Suarez
Liverpool: The latest match pictures West Ham 1 Liverpool 2 Steven Gerard leads Liverpool's celebration after scoring his second penalty of the afternoon
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Liverpool: The latest match pictures West Ham 1 Liverpool 2 Adrian appears to win the ball but brings down Jon Flanagan too and referee Anthony Taylor awards Liverpool their second penalty
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Liverpool: The latest match pictures West Ham 1 Liverpool 2 Steven Gerard tries to chase down Mohamed Diame
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Liverpool: The latest match pictures West Ham 1 Liverpool 2 Raheem Sterling and Pablo Armero compete for the ball
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Liverpool: The latest match pictures West Ham 1 Liverpool 2 Liverpool players protest against Guy Demel's equaliser after Andy Carroll appeared to foul goalkeeper Simon Mignolet
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Liverpool: The latest match pictures West Ham 1 Liverpool 2 Steven Gerard celebrates after scoring his penalty
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Liverpool: The latest match pictures West Ham 1 Liverpool 2 Steven Gerard makes no mistake from the spot to put Liverpool ahead
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Liverpool: The latest match pictures West Ham 1 Liverpool 2 Luis Suarez forces James Tomkins into a hand ball and giving away a penalty
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Liverpool: The latest match pictures West Ham 1 Liverpool 2 Luis Suarez's chipped effort hits the bar
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Liverpool: The latest match pictures West Ham 1 Liverpool 2 Jordan Henderson clashes with Matthew Taylor
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Liverpool: The latest match pictures West Ham 1 Liverpool 2 Luis Suarez hits a free kick over the bar
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Liverpool: The latest match pictures Liverpool 4 Tottenham 0 Daniel Sturridge congratulates Jordan Henderson after the midfielder's goal
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Liverpool: The latest match pictures Liverpool 4 Tottenham 0 Philippe Coutinho fires in Liverpool's third
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Liverpool: The latest match pictures Liverpool 4 Tottenham 0 Brendan Rodgers looks on from the touchline
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Liverpool: The latest match pictures Liverpool 4 Tottenham 0 Luis Suarez of Liverpool celebrates the second goal against Tottenham
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Liverpool: The latest match pictures Liverpool 4 Tottenham 0 Younes Kaboul scores an own goal in the second minute
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Liverpool: The latest match pictures Liverpool 2 Sunderland 1 Steven Gerrard celebrates with Jordan Henderson after opening the scoring
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Liverpool: The latest match pictures Liverpool 2 Sunderland 1 Luis Suarez goes to ground after a clash with Lee Cattermole
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Liverpool: The latest match pictures Liverpool 2 Sunderland 1 Ki Sung-Yueng pulled a goal back late on
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Liverpool: The latest match pictures Liverpool 2 Sunderland 1 Jordan Henderson celebrates with goalscorer Sturridge
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Liverpool: The latest match pictures Liverpool 2 Sunderland 1 Daniel Sturridge doubled Liverpool's lead via a deflection off Wes Brown
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Liverpool: The latest match pictures Liverpool 2 Sunderland 1 Vito Mannone gets a hand to Gerrard's strike but is unable to keep it out
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Liverpool: The latest match pictures Liverpool 2 Sunderland 1 Steven Gerrard gave Liverpool the lead with a free-kick
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Liverpool: The latest match pictures Cardiff 3 Liverpool 6 Luis Suarez celebrates after completing his hat trick
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Liverpool: The latest match pictures Cardiff 3 Liverpool 6 Daniel Sturridge scores Liverpool's fifth of the afternoon
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"He is out there by a big distance as the best player I have played with and that is no disrespect to anyone else - there has been some top talent for club and country - but this fella can do the lot. He is different to most footballers.
"There is some disappointment looming around but if this fella stays around for a few more years I think there will be some really big nights."
Liverpool sit on top the Premier League table by a point, but will be overtaken by Manchester City if they avoid defeat against Aston Villa at the Etihad Stadium on Wednesday night.
While Gerrard loves playing alongside Suarez, they will be at opposite ends at the World Cup on 19 June when Uruguay meet England in Sao Paolo.
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