Houllier laments Gerrard media coverage

Gerrard was widely condemned, rightly in the eyes of most sane Liverpool fans, for his two-footed lunge at Everton player Gary Naysmith. Houllier feels the media exerted unfair pressure upon the FA judging panel.

He said:"I don't want to comment on whether I felt things were going against us in the hearing because I could go over the top.

"But Steven was condemned in the media before he was even judged and that probably put pressure on the panel.

"I see there have been different sanctions for similar offences and that is wrong."