Steven Gerrard has spoken about an injury he suffered in a League Cup tie last season that left him with a lacerated penis.
The Liverpool legend revealed that he sustained the cut during the fifth-round match with Bournemouth at Dean Court but played on until then-manager Brendan Rodgers substituted him in the 90th minute.
"It was a laceration of the penis. A big, big laceration," the Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder told The Clare Balding Show. "I went in for a slide-tackle 50-50 to stop a cross, actually got there for once, and he block-tackled the follow-through right up into the private area.
"There was an extreme sting and I knew the game was on TV so I had to have a sly peek, and it didn't look great. So I troddled over to Brendan and the physio and gave the physio a sly peek. He went 'oooh' and said to me 'carry on'. It was a cup game and it was really tight, so I had to go back out there and just grin and bear it. Then I got it stitched up after the game."
Asked if he had sustained any long-term damage, Gerrard replied: "It's fine now. All recovered, all sorted."
Gerrard has been back at Liverpool in recent weeks, training with the first team in order to maintain his match fitness during the MLS off-season.
Neil Wilkes
