What Steven Gerrard said about Champions League triumph ahead of Reds trip to Istanbul

Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard has admitted that ‘he hopes to see the best night of his career’ ahead of the Reds’ trip to Istanbul. Gerrard captained Liverpool to Champions League  glory in 2005 at the same Ataturk stadium where the Reds will compete for the Super Cup final on Wednesday. "Still till this day, the hairs on my neck stand up. It was the best night of my life. It's the pinnacle of every footballer - it's the best cup to win," Gerrard said, speaking four years ago as he approached the final match of his Liverpool career. "The way we went about it and how the evening panned out, I think it'll go down in history as the best Champions League final ever. "As captain of that team, there was no prouder man on the planet that night. "By a country mile it was the best night of my career. It was a surreal evening and a surreal game of football and still now it is difficult to describe what happened that night. "But it was also the whole journey of that season in the Champions League, there were so many ups and down but we managed to get it over the line - but we didn't do it the easy way. "If you had said to me at 18 years of age I would win the Champions League at 25 and 10 years later I'd be doing interviews about being a Champions League winner I'd have said 'good one, no chance'. "Looking back, it was a fantastic memory personally and everyone connected with the club."

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