Gerrard: It was a magnificent win

Last updated : 14 March 2009 By Adam Bryant
It was magnificent - a great team performance," he said after the final whistle. "From the back we worked very hard today, showed great character coming from a goal down and it was a magnificent win.

I think it was comfortable. Obviously they had a man sent off but even when it was 11 v 11 we were men today and it was a very comfortable win. It's not very often you see Manchester United beaten 4-1 at home.

The important thing is that we made the gap smaller today. We realise that Manchester United are still a fantastic team and there's still a lot of work to do and we need a bit of luck too.

But hopefully that gives teams that have to play United along the way a bit of belief that they can be beaten, and gives us confidence to go on and win as many games as we can until the end.

"I've been lucky enough to have experienced winning here before, but its a magnificent feeling to score a goal after all the stick I've got off Man United fans over the last 10 years. It was nice to score and rub it in a bit.