Must Watch: Philippe Coutinho Tries To Recreate Steven Gerrard’s Historic Champions League Goal 1
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In terms of famous Liverpool goals, Steven Gerrard’s Champions Leauge strike against Olympiakos in 2004 is up there among the most memorable.

On their way to winning the Champions League in 2005 Liverpool needed to beat Olympiakos and score three goals in the process to progress from the group stage. With the score at Anfield on that December night poised at 2-1, up stepped Gerrard to rifle the ball into the back of the net with a belting goal that sent the Kop into delirium.

As part of their “Goals Recreated” series, BT Sport recruited another Liverpool star in the form of Philippe Coutinho to try to emulate that strike in training.

Coutinho’s efforts can be found below, but first, here is that goal in question from Gerrard:

With the help of teammates James Milner and Divock Origi, Coutinho was given four attempts to score – unfortunately for the Brazilian international, however, while he has scored a few screamers from distance at his time at Anfield, long-range drives with power patently aren’t his thing…


The 24-year-old missed the target with three of his four strikes, and the one that did find the net ended up in the wrong side of the goal as he was unable to get the swerve to carry it into the far corner.

This is Coutinho’s second appearance in the series – his attempt to recreate Dennis Bergkamp’s famous 2002 goal for Arsenal against Newcastle earlier this season was far more successful:


Many would argue that since the departure of Steven Gerrard, Philippe Coutinho has taken up the mantel of being Liverpool’s most important player.

Inevitably, it’s led to comparisons between the Anfield legend and the current Kop favourite.