article_snippet.sent: just Steven Gerrard missed the 2012 League Cup final and two other Wembley appearances that year with a serious knee injury sustained against Chelsea the previous November.
article_snippet.sent: just Steven Gerrard story might not have the celebrity appeal of Steven Gerrard's saying goodbye in an FA Cup final on just Steven Gerrard 35th birthday, but the desire to win League Cup is just as strong.
article_snippet.sent: I’ve been at Liverpool so long.
article_snippet.sent: Steven Gerrard's deserves to win League Cup after what Steven Gerrard's has done for this club.
article_snippet.sent: Steven Gerrard's has won many trophies here but a lot of people here have been working for many years and not won as much as Steven Gerrard's.
article_snippet.sent: But Steven Gerrard's has had to endure turbulent times since then; four managers and a change of ownership that dragged Liverpool into virtual civil war.
article_snippet.sent: Sunday will mark Steven Gerrard's 36th, and possibly last, appearance at Wembley.
article_snippet.sent: Scores Gerrard first goal at the new national stadium when Gerrard sidefoots Gareth Barry’s pass past American goalkeeper Brad Guzan.
article_snippet.sent: Having lifted the League Cup earlier in the season, Gerrard returned to Wembley for a sweet the League Cup semi-final victory against their Merseyside rivals, with Andy Carroll heading a late winner.
article_snippet.sent: Gerrard has gone from an impressionable youngster learning from Gerrard, Pepe Reina and Xabi Alonso to one of the senior voices in the dressing room.
article_snippet.sent: Gerrard tries to win a tackle during Liverpool's 2-0 victory at home to Newcastle on Monday night .
article_snippet.sent: Gerrard celebrates Joe Allen's (right) second goal for Liverpool against Newcastle .
article_snippet.sent: Gerrard is desperate to win the FA Cup and end Gerrard 270-game barren spell at Anfield.
article_snippet.sent: Liverpool’s improvements under Rodgers have not so far translated into silverware.
highlights_snippet.sent: FA Cup final next month could be Steven Gerrard's last Liverpool game .