Liverpool can't live in the past
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Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard has challenged the club to stop living on past glories.
"I'll never forget the feeling of lifting the trophy and the fans will never forget 2005," he said. "That feeling will never go away. But as a player you can't dwell on lifting trophies in the past, you've got to want more in the future. I want to do it again and the team want to do it again. It's easy to live off it and milk it. But that's when you stop being hungry, when you dwell on the past. The most important thing is to be successful this season."
Liverpool return to Istanbul to face Galatasaray in the Champions League for the first time since they lifted the trophy in 2005.
"This is a massive competition," Gerrard enthuses. "You've seen the reaction in the city when we won it in 2005, so it would go crazy again.
"It'll be nice to go back and see the stadium again and I'm sure it'll bring back memories. But what we've achieved is in the past. We've got to be more hungry to deliver in the future."
"I'll never forget the feeling of lifting the trophy and the fans will never forget 2005," he said. "That feeling will never go away. But as a player you can't dwell on lifting trophies in the past, you've got to want more in the future. I want to do it again and the team want to do it again. It's easy to live off it and milk it. But that's when you stop being hungry, when you dwell on the past. The most important thing is to be successful this season."
Liverpool return to Istanbul to face Galatasaray in the Champions League for the first time since they lifted the trophy in 2005.
"This is a massive competition," Gerrard enthuses. "You've seen the reaction in the city when we won it in 2005, so it would go crazy again.
"It'll be nice to go back and see the stadium again and I'm sure it'll bring back memories. But what we've achieved is in the past. We've got to be more hungry to deliver in the future."
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