The charity match between Liverpool legends and Real Madrid legends at Anfield felt a bit like Steven Gerrard’s testimonial.It was the first time he had taken to the Anfield pitch since announcing his retirement at the end of 2016 and he was given a hero's welcome.And it was the midfielder that ran the show.Almost every touch of his was cheered and he produced a performance that Jurgen Klopp would have been delighted with.He set up Michael Owen in the first-half with a typical surging run and cross, before putting the ball on the plate for John Aldridge shortly after half-time.But what everyone inside the stadium wanted was a Gerrard goal.As the game wore on, every time he touched the ball there were cries of ’SHOOT.’ And it looked as though he would get his chance when he was brought down by Jerzy Dudek in front of the Kop.The crowd sang Gerrard’s name but it was another legend that took the ball - Robbie Fowler. The supporters showed their displeasure that Gerrard wouldn’t be taking the spot-kick by booing.

Booing a player that is known as ‘God’ around Merseyside - that’s how desperate the Anfield faithful were to see Gerrard score.

However, Fowler didn’t listen to the crowd and made sure it was he - as captain for the day - that stuck the penalty away to make it 3-0 and he’s explained why.

"I'm obviously not as good as I once was but scoring goals is still what I like doing,” he said.

"I know Aldo has praised him for his part in his goal, but I'd like to think that I played the ball to Steven! Look, Steven's Steven, I don't think anything surprises you, he's a fantastic player.

"Winning the penalty as well, he was going to take it but I pulled rank and I was not wanting to give up that chance to score in front of the Kop so I thank him for giving me that penalty and getting the chance to get on the score sheet."

The Liverpool supporters may have been slightly disappointed despite Fowler smashing the ball past Dudek but they were soon to be delighted.

That’s because Gerrard produced a moment of magic shortly afterward.

He took a brilliant touch from Jason McAteer’s cross before volleying past Dudek to make it 4-0.

And Fowler can understand why the whole crowd were so desperate to see Gerrard in action and back on the scoresheet.

"The crowd came here, they obviously wanted to be entertained, they wanted to see a lot of goals. Steven is probably the last person on the pitch to retire and when you think of the greatest players in Liverpool history, you'be probably got one here on my left (Legends player/manager Ian Rush), you've got Kenny (Dalglish) and you've got Steven," he added.

"With him just retiring, I think he was nailed on to be Man of the Match. You knew he was going to play well, you knew he was going to be instrumental in everything good that we did."

Any chance of Klopp signing him in time up for next week’s Merseyside derby?