Former Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard has been named in the Liverpool squad to face Celtic legends on Saturday.
Gerrard, 42, played for the Red’s between 1998 and 2015, scoring 120 goals in his seventeen year career.
A Stevie hat-trick and that @PReina25 assist in a fantastic 5-0 success over Aston Villa, #OnThisDay in 2009 🙌⚽ pic.twitter.com/kcLAawmwOi
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) March 22, 2023
In last years legends game, Gerrard score a penalty against Barcelona.
The former midfielder has been included in the Liverpool team managed by Sir Kenny Dalglish in support of the LFC Foundation.
100% of the proceeds raised are being used to support the LFC Foundation charities and their partner programmes. These include schools, health and wellbeing and food poverty.
Furthermore, the last six legends matches have raised £5 million pounds for the foundation.
The team confirmed so far to face Celtic on Saturday:
Daniel Agger
Martin Skrtel
Ragnar Klavan
Jamie Carragher
Steven Gerrard
Gregory Vignal
Robbie Keane (playing a half for each team)
Djibril Cisse
Dirk Kuyt
Luis Garcia
Jerzey Dudek
Fabio Aurelio
Mark Gonzalez
Sami Hyypia
Steve McManaman
Albert Riera
Mohammed Sissoko
Sander Westerveld
The match will kick off at 3pm Saturday 25th March.
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