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Steven Gerrard has explained how Liverpool’s Champions League success was a “healing moment” for him after THAT slip against Chelsea.

The former Liverpool midfielder infamously lost possession of the ball to Demba Ba, who raced through on goal to score what proved to be a pivotal goal in the 2014 title race.

Chelsea would win the game 2-0, handing Man City the impetus to go on and secure the Premier League title ahead of the Reds.

However, after European silverware returned to Merseyside last season , and with the Reds in pole position to claim the Premier League this campaign, Gerrard feels the current Liverpool team’s successes go some way towards vindication.

Speaking to Jamie Carragher on The Greatest Game podcast : “A Liverpool team winning the league would help how I feel for sure. When Liverpool won the Champions League last year I was sitting there thinking to myself, looking round at the fans thinking ‘they’re all happy again’.

“It made me feel better again. [It was] a healing moment if you like, for me. And I think winning the League would definitely play a part.”

He describes how he felt after the Chelsea game, and that he doesn’t think he’ll ever experience anything “lower than that.”

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He said: “That was a tough moment. Even tougher than what probably people think it was. I just had to go. The only time in a 20-year career when I’ve felt numb, my body felt numb. It was bad.

“When I analyze it properly, I obviously understand it (losing the title) wasn’t just that moment. But still part of me in my head thinks it is. People say to me to make me feel better ‘it was over 38 games’ but I still know behind what you’re saying to me, that moment was so big.”

Even when compared to other pivotal moments, Gerrard believes the timing made it all the more crucial.

He added: “At that time, that moment, against that team. That’s still behind all the people trying to soften it up for me. I think about it most days.”

Despite this, Steven Gerrard has taken the experience forward into his managerial career, using the realization that it can’t get any worse than that as shield against future disappointments.

He said: “I think being on the floor and coping with being on the floor gives you the confidence. I never ever think what if I bombs. It wouldn’t be great and obviously I’d have to put up with the flack, but I know I can cope with it.”