Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard has revealed that his scoring attributes were largely helped because of his relationship with Dietmar Hamann.
The attacking midfielder and the German had a great on-field partnership between 1999 and 2006 and Gerrard believes he was able to flourish in terms of goals during that time because he always had 'Didi' alongside him.
"He allowed me to go forward, score and set up goals, and he did all my defensive work and tackling for me.
"At the time we had him, he was in his prime and he was up there with the best holding midfielders in the world.
"There's no Liverpool fan, player or coach at Anfield who wouldn't love him to be 26 or 27 now and still doing his stuff because that's how good he was.""He was my safety net. The reason people speak about me and how I played with Didi was because he was there," he told the club's official website.
