Gerrard vows that Liverpool will be prepared for Champions League

SKIPPER Steven Gerrard has vowed not to let Liverpool suffer the same Champions League heartbreak as Newcastle last season.

Gerrard will lead a new-look Liverpool into the Arnold Schwarzenegger stadium for the first leg of their third qualifying round tie against Austrian double winners Graz AK and he is fully aware there is £13 million riding on the outcome.

Nobody on Tyneside will want to be reminded of Newcastle’s disaster at this stage last term when they were beaten 4-3 on penalties after a 1-1 aggregate draw with Partizan Belgrade, despite winning the first leg in Serbia.