Personal tragedy inspired Gerrard to succeed
Steven Gerrard maintains that the memory of his cousin who died at Hillsborough has been the driving inspiration to his football career.
The Liverpool skipper was only nine when the tragedy occurred in Sheffield, but he recalls going to bed that night praying that the death toll did not get any worse.
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