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So I put the ball down, 40 or 50 yards away from goal, and I’m signalling up to (Sami) Hyypia, (Ryan) Babbel and (Emile) Heskey that I’m just going to sit the ball up at the back post for them to come crashing in and try and get on the end of it.“I deliver it, float it up to the far post and I think it’s Sami Hyypia who flashes a header wide.“A minute goes past and we’re into stoppage-time. We get a free-kick in the exact same spot and I can see Paul Gerrard thinking he was going to kill the game and just take the cross.“Because I’m signalling again that I’m going to replicate the free-kick I took the minute before and hopefully this time we’ll score.
Sit it up to the back post for Babbel, Heskey, and Hyypia to attack.“But I can see, just as I’m looking to them, Gerrard starting to creep. He’s going to try and come for the cross.“Just as I take two or three yards back from the ball, Carra’s walking up behind me and goes, ‘F**k off, Macca lad.
He can see that Gerrard is going to try and anticipate the cross.“So I take another wee step back and it’s one of those magical moments for somebody who takes free-kicks or takes penalties. If you see a goalie making an early decision and going early, you’ve got that split second to change your mind.“And just as I was about to take the free-kick, I could see Gerrard moving.
