Web creaks as skipper speaks from heart

The last time Liverpool won a league title, back in 1990, the internet had not yet been invented; but such is the incredible interest surrounding the current team’s bid to win a first title in 24 years it would be no surprise to see the worldwide web collapse under the pressure of their latest victory.

The pictures of an impassioned Steven Gerrard pulling his team together for a celebratory huddle at Anfield after they beat Manchester City 3-2 will surely become some of the most watched and iconic in football history.

You wonder if Tim Berners Lee, who produced the first web page in October 1990, six months after Kenny Dalglish led Liverpool to their 18th league championship the previous April, could ever have imagined his invention would bring so much worldwide focus to a football match in north-west England.