WATCH: El Hadji Diouf puts boot into Steven Gerrard - Riise and Liverpool fans respond

Apparently Gerrard was "afraid of looking into his eyes".

El Hadji Diouf’s enmity towards former Liverpool teammate Steven Gerrard is well established and, given it is almost 12 years since they shared a pitch, you might have expected the Senegalese footballer to have moved on.

But no, when Gerrard announced his retirement from football yesterday, Diouf couldn’t resist the opportunity to have another go at him.