Gerrard delighted with Newcastle win
Last updated : 24 November 2007 By Adam Bryant
"We started the game bright, scored quite early and controlled the 90 minutes," he said after the game. "We're a bit disappointed not to win more convincingly."
Gerrard was booed by the Newcastle fans when he left the field, no doubt because of his part in England's failure to qualify for Euro 2008, but he insists it won't let it affect him.
"Me and all the England lads have to take the criticism," he added. "We've let the country down by not qualifying so from now until we get it right we're going ot take the criticism, but I'm old enough and experienced enough to know that I've got to get on with it and play through.
"Now with Liverpool I'm going ot give it everything I've got. We've got some big games coming up and I've got to try to put the England stuff under the carpet for the time being and try to play well for Liverpool. When we join back up for England the players have to give the country a reaction and hopefully I'll be part of that."
Gerrard scored a fantastic goal from a free kick to lead the Reds to victory, and was delighted with his own, and the team's performance on the day.
"It was a good strike, I've had a lot of shots today but I caught that one nice and it's gone in. I knew quite early it was going in but the most important thing today was the three points to stay in touch with the top.
"It was a good team performance today and wasn't about individual performances and we could have had a lot more.
"If people want to write us off that's up to them, that's beyond out control. What we know is that we've got to keep winning.
"There's some very good teams in this league and to stay in touch with them you've got to go on runs, especially over the Christmas period you've got to stay really consistent if you want to stay in it and we're aware of that."
