“I’m behind my goal-line, I’m not rushing,” said Ricardo. “No time-wasting, no talking. I don’t need to go to Gerrard and say: ‘Hey, you’re going to miss’. If I’m doing that, I wouldn’t be focusing on what I need to do. I watch him, I study him, I read his behaviour. But when I see him walk towards me, man, I could see his face. He didn’t want to look at me! I saw that face, all their faces, when they came towards me, they look at me like they’re saying, ‘Oh my God, oh my God!’ ”