"We've been involved in a few close finals," admits Kop favourite Carragher.
"There's the Alaves one in the UEFA Cup, which people seem to forget was an unbelievable game, and everyone remembers the Champions League final.
"We always get to these finals by keeping it tight and nicking games - and then in the final itself all hell breaks loose!
"It's become like a kid's game in the schoolyard - end to end. You're so desperate not to lose that you probably throw caution to the winds.
"In the last two finals with Milan and West Ham we've conceded the first goal so then you've got to chase things really hard - and that's why quite a lot of us ended up with cramp in the FA Cup final.
"It will be the same in the World Cup especially at the knockout stages. I'm sure in the later stages of games you've just got to throw everything you can at it and really go for it.
"Fortunately, the player who has helped Liverpool to turn around the last two finals is English and will be there in Steven Gerrard.
"I'd put Steven in the top five or six players in the world. In my opinion, I would say he was probably the best.
"I don't think anyone else could play for Liverpool and do more than he does. Within that five or six top players in the world there's also another England player in Wayne Rooney so that shows there's a lot of quality in the squad.
"Can he play the second striker role? That's where he played in the second half of the Champions League final. We changed the formation, he went up behind the striker and look at the damage he did.
"It's the manager's choice whether he is played there at all this summer but he has played that position before and played it fairly well."