The Gerrard Final - Liverpool v West Ham 2006 - FULL HIGHLIGHTS | FA Cup Magic

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The Gerrard Final - Liverpool v West Ham 2006 - FULL HIGHLIGHTS | FA Cup Magic

[@suyosq2]

RIP Motty, this was one of your best commentaries.

[@markkadams44]

Legend he was. Voice of my childhood!

[@nathangarrett9868]

Best ever English player hands down not even close. Steve gerrard could play anywhere on the pitch and have an impact. He made bad Liverpool teams look good. He’s my hero and a player you can really look up to.

[@claretandbluearmy8014]

Nathan Garrett Bobby Moore was miles better

[@andrewwright4195]

@@claretandbluearmy8014 how do u compare 60s to 2000s silly mistake

[@christycullen2355]

@@claretandbluearmy8014 best player of his generation I think he means.

[@dondamon4669]

You never seen Scholes?? Imagine if Liverpool had Scholes instead of Gerrard think of the trophy’s you would of won! Scholes controlled the game . Sometimes played laidback but that’s coz he he great players around him an was gonna be a obvious win but if struggling Scholes became the greatest player In the world and I’m a Liverpool fan

[@oscarc7017]

@@dondamon4669 Gerrard is far better than Scholes

[@AgentRafa]

He was superman. No one could strike a ball as he could. Marvelous player and captain.

[@pavlenikic9712]

Strike it or pass it, he tackled and dribbled, no more that sort of players.

[@ajstyles5704]

Well, there are very few that are better at each skills Gerrard have, but none of them had it all, and no one can add multiple position with Anchor and False 9 at world class level, and no one has done it in the same game as often as Gerrard, and no one had ever done it in Finals. A legend among legends.

[@AgentRafa]

@@ajstyles5704 Indeed, he was the complete package, no weaknesses.

[@ajstyles5704]

@@AgentRafa he have two weaknesses, but if didn’t have these two, he would be a player any club in the world would sell a star after saving in one transfer window and triple his salary. Dribbling and flair, as AM dribbling is very important, with flair he will cut through them, Gerrard isn’t known well for his dribbling and so his patterns show up more frequently when attacking, that’s how AC Milan shut him down on the long shots. While there are some situations Gerrard can be considered to have flair, but they are very rare in between even at his prime. So when you pair him with someone who can dribble like Fowler, Owen, Torres, Coutinho, Suarez and Sterling, the result is terrifying. Basically they cover Gerrard weaknesses.

[@dondamon4669]

​@@ajstyles5704he never won hardly anything, not even the league!

[@vaporx]

I miss seeing Stevie G play in a Liverpool shirt. The man is an absolute legend

[@k.ahm3d]

@MR MISTER His entire time

[@arsenalfan9213]

@@k.ahm3d not when he was 18 or 19

[@amanda13244]

He played on Saturday 26/03/22in a Liverpool shirt against Barcelona for charity

[@davidtuttle7556]

Stevie now has a chance to deliver a title to Liverpool on Sunday, if Villa can get any result against City. And a quadruple? Fingers crossed.

[@MarkSmith-er7fe]

@@davidtuttle7556 no chance

[@AMGamerTV]

Iconic game with iconic commentary. Thank you Motty, RIP.

[@santomusic3981]

I’ll never forget watching this live. Gerrard’s late equaliser is probably the greatest ever FA cup goal. For the ball to keep that low till it hit the back of the net, from that distance is ridiculous.

[@istanboy69]

ENVY You that Youven been there at that game

[@KV-zg3oh]

Probably?

[@MoejiiOsmanTV]

How many cup finals are litterally nicknamed after a player? "The Gerrard Final" legend.

[@bobafettish660289]

a lot of them actually. there's the ricky villa final, the montgomery final, the matthews final, the cantona final, there are like 5 finals called the drogba final. which include a league cup final, an fa cup & a champions league final. infact chelsea actually call drogba "mr final" cause of his insane performance record in them. honestly most finals are named after a players perfromance in pretty much every competition in the world..

[@tgshivkumar9410]

even the world cup 2002 is the ronaldo final

[@arsenalfan9213]

"The Lampard Final" and "The Scholes Final" are non existence

[@Tom-jx5ll]

@@bobafettish660289 what? Never heard of them.

[@spacemunky8164]

The Owen final

[@wb2463]

When you're losing the final and your captain comes up with a stunning assist and two goals, including one of the best FA cup goals ever; that's why he's captain fantastic, that's why he's one of the all-time greats of the game!!!

[@Liverpoolynwa96]

RIP John Motson gave me chills back in the day when gerrard scored his goals in this fly high legend you will be missed 🕊

[@marksearson5498]

Boss game mate

[@backslang]

Kept calling Didi Hamman …Harman!

[@samking6948]

The sheer talent of the lad. Don’t know how any premier league midfielder could stand up to the raw talent of Gerrard

[@albertchigoche727]

Lampard was miles ahead of him!!

[@And_Sun_Yk]

The ol Slippy G

[@williamlim5234]

​@@And_Sun_YkMaybe think about Chelsea rn before mocking Gerrard 😂😂😂😂

[@And_Sun_Yk]

@@williamlim5234 Chelski is irrelevant to me, why should I think about them? Chelsea might win again or get relegated, no-one knows but Slippy G will stand the test of time.

[@oliprj8676]

Just shows how good Gerrard was. This Liverpool team was bang average and he carried them to this trophy and in Istanbul the year before!

[@olbaprabocse9940]

Loooool he was non existent in both games... Great players control games from the off like maradonna messi ronaldo... Gerrard os good for about 8 mins

[@niyazahmed2165]

@@olbaprabocse9940 2 goals 1 assist in this game, and dont even get me started on the cl final where he played every single position on the pitch barring keeper and was still world class

[@jamestaylor1445]

Olbap Rabocse how does ronaldo control a game????

[@metallicaandjustice1]

@@olbaprabocse9940 you couldn't be more wrong. it is evident even from these highlights that he was having a huge impact on this game. He also wasn't non-existent in the Milan final; he played every position on the pitch and made important tackles and passes. Either you're incredibly unobservant or a troll I hope for your sake you are the latter.

[@jayanthony2414]

Ok not exactly all the way accurate the team wasn't bang average in 06 and he never carried us the year before he was the driving force but to say carried is just a disrepct to everyone that contributed in getting there and winning it one player doesn't carry a whole team

[@dewibyles4936]

What a player gerrard was amazing

[@AJ-dl2by]

What a player! Rocket of a shot

[@harrymcmullen2227]

That West Ham defender who gives the ball away for Gerrard’s famous volley - that’s Lionel Scaloni. He got the blame for the end result and his loan deal at West Ham was never made permanent. He’s now the head coach of Argentina and he’s preparing his team for the 2022 World Cup Final this weekend. Some turnaround.

[@sarahpagett9191]

And they won it too

[@ufuoma6]

He won!!

[@markgoode4993]

I love Motson’s call of Gerrard’s first goal: “This is Alonso ... two players, far post, HERE COMES GERRARD ... IT’S 2-2!”

[@rsidhanth]

What an absolute beast of a player he was -- rare to see a player utterly dominate a game at that level !!

[@challenger2031]

The commentary, the noise, the goals, the saves what a bloody fantastic final!! YNWA ❤️👏👏 We cannot forget the memories of John Motson and so on!!

[@ChazzZimmermanMedia]

The game that made me start supporting Liverpool. I SAW Gerrard like a superhero!!

[@zidanebaraba5631]

Gerrard 3rd goal is the reason i love him, liverpool, and football since 2006

[@ChazzZimmermanMedia]

Same

[@davidhuggan6315]

Great to hear commentators Motson and Lawrenson. I felt Motson was unlucky in that some of the better finals came when ITV had the rights, but it was nice to see him get a good game here

[@kwhufc5769]

Remember watching this down the pub and propper gutted when Gerrard scored to make it 3-3. Cracking goal and despite the loss still my favourite f.a cup final I've seen in my say 24 years of watching football

[@AbdulKareem-uy6hk]

I totally agree with your sentiments....

[@dickeyboyenglishnotbritish2462]

Same here! And it was the last fa cup final at Cardiff then 1 year later back at Wembley.

[@kwhufc5769]

@@dickeyboyenglishnotbritish2462 even greater memory for some then :)

[@_XPERIA_]

One in a generation player 🙌

[@coldbeatle89]

Some of John Motson’s best commentary here. Legendary call.

[@trechen100]

Not often in life do you come across people like this. Passion, commitment, loyalty, love. He would have played for Liverpool for nothing it meant that much to him. Red blood runs through his veins and always will.

[@MohametLy]

He is magic.

[@EvelynBamford-j9o]

I miss Gerrard very much,one of the greatest❤

[@iisamcglashan5265]

🎉😢😊emotional rollercoaster Steven Gerrard was/is 1 of the most gifted midfield generals in the game, could n should have followed ronaldo n co to madrid, barca, but hes a pool lad n stayed his whole career im a celtic fan but wish hed stayed at rangers as leaving cost him the liverpool job which coincidentally is coming up at end of season, if gerrard stayed at rangers got success n won things now klopp is leaving NOW would have been gerrards dream rangers to liverpool but he jumped to soon never mind to mediocre villa, why stevie ur liverpool status was cemented and that job would have finally been yours this summer 😢

[@danandrews8102]

I remember watching this game it was incredible. That Gerrard goal was like a knife through the heart of all West Ham fans.

[@charmawow]

Watching this yet again in 2023……what a classic match!

[@sainsburmcmanus]

We all remember THAT goal, but the ball for Cisse is world class, the finish on his first goal is outrageous technique that 3 Hislop’s aren’t getting anywhere near. As a total neutral I remember this game like it was yesterday, one of the finest footballing contributions from a single player. “The greatest PL/England midfielder” is entirely opinion based and up for debate, but no one got me out my seat like Stevie G.

[@davelister2961]

Gerrard did a nearly identical pass to set up Peter Crouch, but it was ruled offside. Once is world class, twice is ridiculous.

[@liverpoolgaming92]

I Was Born On 1st June 2006 So I Never Got To See This But I’m Glad We Won It In 2022 YNWA ❤️‍🔥

[@davidmcdonald4032]

Rafa was a lucky get , started both the Champions League and FA cup with the wrong line ups and Steven Gerrard saved his skin.

[@thomashammond815]

2 goals 1 assist Penalty scored Fa cup won Greatest FA cup final in history

[@MarkSmith-er7fe]

lmfao

[@nickyhaugh2390]

17:00 = Gerrard.... IT'S GONE IN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Literally the best goal he ever scored in the FA Cup and perhaps the best goal he ever scored to date of all-time.

[@thomastydings2116]

We will never see a player like Gerrard again he was a 1 off just raw talent.Not a Liverpool fan at all

[@soniaellis163]

Great final, great goal , and a great commentator, one for the memory book.

[@fahadbinzahed7788]

Scaloni was there for west ham.. How time flies!

[@paulhathaway2710]

Steven Gerrard was amazing

[@PastaConsortium]

They finally upload this game with the best commentary Motty!

[@andyukh1625]

Wow, haven’t seen this for a while. I watched this in a hotel basement in Mexico drinking beer on a Thomas Cook work trip. The whole day after that was a blear , luckily enough I was out there with 3 other Red supporters! That trip will stick in the memory forever, and Gerard’s second. Oh my days what a strike like a scud missile . Fantastic final one of the best from two attacking teams on the day 👏🏽

[@StuAus]

Non Liverpool fans won't appreciate how many games Gerrard won of his own back for average Liverpool teams. He was an incredible force during the mid-2000's

[@edw4543]

These were the days man

[@gh41996]

RIP John Motson. Never got to hear him call a game live, but he was/is a legend.

[@michaelbuhagiar6304]

Rest in Peace, John Motson 🤍

[@johnnyboy18778]

The buzz watching this in the pub on the day. Place was rocking. The Gerrard final 🤫

[@andywelch2350]

The Millenium Stadium the most underrated stadium in the Britsh Isles

[@anthonymcken6050]

Far better than overrated Wembley stadium.

[@marcK599]

Agreed..its got much more character than the new Wembley They should alternate the final every year between Wembley and Millennium stadium

[@richardcoleridge9502]

Gerrard Genius

[@Masterchief0181]

Crazy how we had The Miracle Of Istanbul the year before Then we had what i would call The Miracle Of Cardiff

[@Andy1994AMOT]

I miss this thrilling era of football upload more..

[@everyone06]

Love the FA Cup finals at The Millenium Stadium. Better than the current Wembley.

[@marcK599]

Agreed..more character and a more intimate stadium than the new Wembley They should alternate every year between Wembley and Millennium stadium Mix it up a bit im bored of looking at Wembley

[@jeremypearson6852]

I grew up watching the FA Cup final until the early 80’s when I moved to the US. Back then, only WC games were televised, so I missed all English matches until the internet arrived. Most of the players on both sides I’ve never heard of unless they played at international level. It was really good to hear the voice of John Motson. It was always him, Barry Davies, Brian Moore or Davis Coleman in those days. Times have changed.

[@palmlifeuk3553]

Great final, great commentary, great atmosphere.

[@hardsam68]

What an incredible comeback from Liverpool

[@mikeyannette5669]

Its alonso... two players far post .... here comes GERRARD 🔥🔥

[@wamundilawamundila2737]

Gerald was another maestro.

[@mattiasbarnett3777]

I was in USA me and my mother went all around Orlando trying ti find the FA Cup Final in a thunderstorm and eventually found a place and we was 2-0 down lol. Least we came back

[@simon_bond]

Villa fan here, this is an elite cup final, loved every second of it, Classic times.

[@bigwave25]

Stevie G was so good. The definition of hero.

[@muhammedrahman7013]

Stevie G, King of The Kop, Hero of The People, Legend of ANFIELD, LFC 4 Life, YNWA

[@isaacfarmer8315]

Don’t ask why I’m watching this now but I’ve never clocked how much the standard of football has improved… This is honestly like watching a charity match, each defence is just sat in front of their 18 yard box Klopp’s Liverpool would annihilate this Liverpool side

[@origi_akatwijuka]

i mean, this Liverpool was really average. Gerrard pulled them on his back for a long time

[@mjoliva2829]

One of best football performances ever

[@JozsefNikl-sl3mc]

Ezen a mérkőzésen döcögött a Liverpool express pépes, Gerrard és a többiek, köszönjük szépen ilove you ❤❤anfield❤❤

[@dannydyer2879]

Great time of the 4-4-2 era in England proper football

[@p90497]

I watched this at the pub in Barking, was so drunk when we went 2-0 up that I didn't know we had lost until I woke the next morning.

[@Dammy1998]

What a fantastic final match this is. Miss the old school 2000's era of football.

[@boots2926]

I was at this match. Level in the stands with Gerrard, when you mentally realise - he's gonna hit this...I don't think I will ever 'feel' something like that again. Fair play to the hammers fans, they were great. Crazy day.

[@Nikolay061]

The highlights don't quite capture how destroyed the players were by the end of this match. The second half of extra time was 22 players limping from end to end.

[@supafrancis]

Damn, this was such an exciting game... No 10 passes backwards for every one forward, players taking their space with the ball at their feet and taking each other on. Players brave enough to take shots from 15 yards outside the box and being rewarded for it with all time classic goals.. Just plain classic

[@bocjagne2878]

30 years living in the UK and this is still the best FA cup final I've ever seen, and never underestimate a team with Gerrard in it.

[@williamrissen5065]

Nostalgic watching this as a 13 year old... cant beleieve this was nearly 20 years ago

[@andrewbalderstone855]

Reina saves 3 out of 4 pens..... CLASS

[@1flinns]

Gotta be the best FA cup goal ever

[@AbdulKareem-uy6hk]

John Motson! I'm having goosebumps. Legends on and off the pitch! English Football from the 1980's to 2008 was amazing! That goes for international. The last world cup I watched was Korea/Japan 2002. Football isn't the same....

[@brukkterefe]

its a final and you are not bothered to show the trophy ceremony

[@Auriflamme]

1. Who gives a damn, it's the football that matters. 2. They may not be able to show it on youtube for copyright reasons.

[@callumLB05]

@@Auriflamme Copyright?

[@Auriflamme]

@@callumLB05 Music playing over the public address. There could also be issues with showing sponsors logos.

[@footballnerd277]

@@Auriflamme The game was on the BBC back in 2006, they have the rights to it

[@Pratik-Acharya-NP]

Yeah, just show ferdinand crying instead

[@alexandersimondelavega2629]

2024 still watching it as if it was yesterday

[@MisualnuSuali-qg9ty]

❤❤Gerrard❤❤

[@phaedo1384]

that’s my favorite Gerard goal of all time

[@superstarDJ537]

This was probably the greatest final in recent times. West Ham were probably the better team in the first 90 mins.

[@davidhuggan6315]

Yes, the only one that came close was Hull City 2 Arsenal 3, when Hull went two-up in the first 8 minutes and almost got a third

[@adamwhite6764]

RIP Motty ❤❤

[@LeonsCorner.]

When I think of this final I automatically think of John Motson. Such a legend.

[@ononsoorizu6556]

Chelsea fan here. Gerrard is the best midfielder of the premier league era. I really wish he played in a better team

[@brendavumilia8713]

Which better team get serious. To him that was the best. So many managers wanted to buy him but never was interested

[@marcorp87]

RIP John Motson, you are a legend!!

[@richiwillemse1481]

I don't care if it's Salah, Gakpo, Nunez, Firmino, Suarez, Torres, Mane, Rush, Dalglish, Owen, Fowler whoever... the greatest player to score a Liverpool goal was Steven Gerrard.

[@rickycole4061]

Great final I'm not going to mention how good Gerrard was YNWA❤❤

[@Redstorm1220]

If I’m a defender, goalie or a mid, the scariest thing to see outside the box would be Gerrard running up to the ball

[@johnrockyryan]

Thats fucking nightmare fuel for anyone in that position agaisnt prime Gerrard cause you just know 9 times outta 10 he's going to smash that fucker in

[@timmy5876]

as someone who’s 19 now can someone who’s older tell me were most games like this back then? the quality of football and the amount of passes that fell short is incredible to me it makes me think a team like brighton today could smash both these teams even tho both teams have many top class players

[@NabacaCivilworks]

Steve is my greatest he will never walk alone

[@NeilMalthus]

The FA cup final that had everything: A Carragher own-goal (he's an OG specialist); a commentator non-sequitur ("If Cisse's onside there, then Crouch was onside earlier!") as Cisse pulls a goal back; a Gerrard rocket to level scores; an 'impossible' goal from Konchesky (per commentator's description of it); Gerrard's little limp dance; a thunderbolt from Gerrard to tie the match at 3-3 in the last minute when he could hardly walk; the Hyppia-turn and respectable shot for a centre-half in the first half of ET; Reina tipping a header onto the post in the second period and then penalties; match over, 3-1 on pens, when Reina saves the third of the four he faced; and the epithet: the Gerrard final. Best FA cup final of all time, the season after the best CL final of all time. Both, a win for Britain's best club. The funny old game couldn't get any more beautiful.

[@arturzathas499]

alonso was was not his usual self and the others looked slow, apart from cisse but dear god gerrard was on fire.

[@asayemitiku713]

Extraordinary match !!

[@kemchy3838]

Was gutted for crouchy. Deffo onside

[@abdikadirmoallim1268]

GERRRARD❤

[@bak8823]

Every great team has that stand out player that drags it's team to victory but Gerrard really dragged them to alot of wins . Just funny how he retired n then Liverpool get a world class 11

[@MohammedAli-iw4fd]

Gerrard best Liverpool player ever can’t lie

[@olbaprabocse9940]

Lol great playera dont barely drag their teams out. Gerard is good for about 5 mins where is he the rest of the game?? See messi ronaldo maradona... They control and win games...

[@andrewwright4195]

@@olbaprabocse9940 he scored in every final

[@felixcollinge8846]

Olbap Rabocse 2 goals and assist, that’s where he was.

[@DuckBoy2016]

@Jay Anthony seriously some of the squads obtained in Gerrard's career are embarrassing mate. Put aside when he played with Masch and Alonso with Torres upfront we had some laughable players/coaches in charge. Geza was massive in nearly every game he had to carry the mediocrity of the rest of his team. We'll never have a player like him again and fingers crossed never have to experience such a weak era of shite!

[@EvelynBamford-j9o]

What a game,what a hero stevie the greatest❤

[@smithyc2051]

Honestly I’ve never seen another footballer pass or strike a ball better than Steven Gerrard.

[@GarySmith12-oe8cx]

Gérard was the man id would of loved to see him play on the same side a pitch as mo salar

[@shane-irish]

Gerrard scores to make it 2all while he is out on his feet

[@aleefmohammed244]

Gerrard's assist for CIsse was world class

[@DjokerFan]

Reina was one of greatest penalty shootout keeper

[@Kieransgamingcorner9]

16:55 🚀