Steven Gerrard shares why he preferred to play with Michael Owen over Robbie Fowler at Liverpool

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I would say Fowler was a better natural finisher, but in terms of sort of like fear, in terms of pace, movement, I had a real top connection with Michael Owen, it was like we were on the same wavelength together,” Gerrard said. “I didn’t play with Robbie when he was getting 30 goals per season, I came in a bit later when he was getting his injuries and stuff and he probably wasn’t the player he was from 18 to 23.”READ MORE: Steven Gerrard says Liverpool let a striker go who could’ve been as good as Fernando Torres and Luis SuarezDespite his preference for playing with Owen – which he was subtle and respectful enough not to come out and say outright, Gerrard revealed that Fowler was one of his heroes before he broke into the first-team at Liverpool.“I watched him [Fowler] on the Kop,” he said.

Steve McManaman… I had the shirts with the names on, and then all of a sudden you’re sitting with these players and they sort of become your mates.”Gerrard looks back on two top Liverpool midfieldsGerrard covered a wide range of topics during his podcast appearance, including touching on Liverpool’s famous ‘best midfield in the world,’ featuring himself, Xabi Alonso and Javier Mascherano.“Out of possession, phenomenal,” he said on Mascherano. “I actually played well with both of them [Mascherano and Alonso], because there was a stage where we signed Robbie Keane as a 10, and I thought I was going to play with Xabi, but Mascherano came in as well and I moved forward and played more as a 10 with both of them and I enjoyed it.

Having them two behind me was… it was a good midfield that.”Gerrard also spoke about the team of 2013/14, when he came so close to winning an elusive Premier League medal under Brendan Rodgers.“We were playing some lovely football, and we had a really good blend in the squad,” he said. And I was probably coming towards the twilight, I was a bit older, I was well into my 30s and Brendan had different roles for me, I played a little bit deeper.“But to have all of that around me, all that movement, and I had Henderson’s legs next to me.