Steven Gerrard is mobbed after scoring in the
Stade Velodrome.
Liverpool said on Wednesday it would review the security of
players' homes after captain and England midfielder Steven Gerrard
became the latest squad member to be burgled while away on match
duty. Four men broke into Gerrard's home on Tuesday evening while
the player was steering his team to a vital 4-0 Champions League
win at Olympique Marseille that booked the Merseyside club into the
knockout stages.
His wife Alex Curran was in the house at the time. "We were shocked
to hear the news last night after the game in Marseille," said a
Liverpool spokesman. "Our first concerns are for the welfare of
Alex, Steven and the family. "The club takes this extremely
seriously and we will be looking at ways to provide cover for
players' houses when they are away with the club on domestic and
international duties."
Merseyside Police said they were investigating a confrontational
burglary in Formby, Merseyside. "Officers were called to a house at
about 9:30 p.m. last night following a call from a female resident
that four men had broken into the house and stolen items of
jewellery," a police spokeswoman said.
Curran and another woman, who was in the house at the time, were
shaken by the incident, but were not injured. The men, who were
unarmed, wore hoods and balaclavas, the spokeswoman added. It is
not clear how they broke in.
Earlier this year, the home of Liverpool's goalkeeper Pepe Reina
was burgled as he helped the club reach last season's Champions
League final. Team mates Jerzy Dudek, Daniel Agger, Peter Crouch
and Florent Sinama-Pongolle, as well as Everton's Andy van der
Meyde, were all burgled last year.
Last month, striker Dirk Kuyt suffered a break in at his luxury
home in Woolton while he was on international duty with the Dutch
team.
