Stoke 6-1 Liverpool: Steven Gerrard swansong ruined as Reds hammered

Jonathan Walters and Mame Biram Diouf celebrate

Stoke ruined Steven Gerrard’s farewell as they hammered Liverpool 6-1 after a superb first-half display at the Britannia Stadium.

Mame Biram Diouf fired a quick double before Jonathan Walters, Charlie Adam and a Steven N’Zonzi thunderbolt put the hosts five in front at half time.

Gerrard got on the scoresheet as he signed off with a goal in the second half, before Peter Crouch added a sixth to overtake Alan Shearer in the charts for most headed Premier League goals.

The big news before the game was the omission of Raheem Sterling from the starting line-up, after a contract row which culminated in the club cancelling scheduled talks with the 20-year-old.

Attention soon turned to Gerrard’s farewell, but it was to be a miserable afternoon where he conceded five goals in a Premier League game for the first time.

Tottenham’s win at Everton means the Reds end up in sixth place, and they will have to await the result of the FA Cup final to see at which stage they will enter the Europa League next season.

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