After a summer of love Steven Gerrard finds himself back under pressure after chucking away a £40m Champions League lifeline for his club.
It turned nasty at the end of the defeat from Malmo as around 10,000 loyal bears hung around to boo the team off the park with James Tavernier looking very emotional.
A few softball questions from fan media sites after the game won’t have shielded Mr Gerrard from the fall out with the club directors well aware of the enormity of the result. As was Jon Dahl Tomasson.
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On the back of three successive defeats Gerrard will know that beating Dunfermline on Friday night won’t do anything to deflect the criticism from his players.
Two wins and six defeats from their last eight matches played in front of fans is a hard stat to spin, on Thursday it is expected that Gary McAllister will be on media duty to preview the visit from Dunfermline.
Good news is that Ryan Jack is expected to resume full training in 7-10 days after successfully undergoing knee surgery in March.
