Steven Gerrard said last month that he would be the “happiest man in the world” if Liverpool end their 29-year wait to become champions of England this season.The Anfield legend is one of the club’s greatest ever players but never managed to land his hands on the coveted Premier League trophy.He came agonisingly close on two occasions - 2009 and 2014 - but it was the latter failure which has left the former Liverpool captain permanently scarred.Liverpool would probably have won the title that season had they defeated Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea at Anfield on April 27, 2014.But they lost 2-0, with Demba Ba breaking the deadlock on the stroke of half-time after Gerrard’s infamous slip.

The slip has become an iconic Premier League moment; a moment that encapsulates the cruel side of football better than any other.

Just two weeks earlier, Gerrard had been filmed by Sky Sport’s cameras shouting “This does not f****** slip now!” to his teammates following a dramatic 3-2 victory over Manchester City.

It’s still mad to think that Gerrard went on to literally slip, costing his team in the process.

Liverpool, who were managed by Brendan Rodgers at the time, went on draw their next match 3-3 against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park - a result that virtually extinguished their chances of finishing the season above City in the Premier League table.

Although they beat Newcastle in their final game of the campaign, City lifted the trophy thanks to a 2-0 victory over West Ham.

“I sat in the back of the car and felt the tears rolling down my face,” Gerrard wrote for the Daily Mail as part of their syndication for his new autobiography, Steven Gerrard: My Story, per the Independent in 2015. “I hadn't cried for years but, on the way home, I couldn't stop. The tears kept coming. I can't even tell you if the streets were thick with traffic or as empty as I was on the inside. It was killing me.

“I felt numb, like I had lost someone in my family. It was as if my whole quarter of a century at this football club poured out of me. I did not even try to stem the silent tears as the events of the afternoon played over and over again in my head.”

He added: “A simple pass rolled towards me near the halfway line. It was a nothing moment, a lull in our surge to the title. I moved to meet the ball. It slid under my foot. The twist came then. I slipped. I fell to the ground.

“The ball was swept away and the devastating Chelsea attack began. I clambered to my feet and ran with all my heart. I chased Demba Ba as though my life depended on it. I knew the outcome if I couldn't catch him. But it was hopeless. I couldn't stop him. Ba scored. It was over.”