Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez has given his support to Steven Gerrard after the midfielder returned to training after being charged with assault and affray following an incident in a bar in Southport earlier this week.
The 28-year-old faces a maximum five-year jail term if convicted after being accused of assaulting businessman and part-time DJ Marcus McGee, 34, who was injured during a fight at the Lounge Inn.
Rafael Benitez told the club's official website, www.liverpoolfc.tv: ''Steven is our captain and a key player for us, but more than this, I know him as a nice person.
''I sat down with him yesterday morning and had a very good talk with him about the situation and I was also able to speak at length with our club lawyer.
Liverpool Football club remain silent and do not want to give any comment.At the end,the club said" Steven has been given an outstanding servant 10 years for the club and the CLUB WILL GIVE ALL THE SUPPORT HE NEEDS".
Days before,he wrote a special Prayer for Liverpool for the city's.
It read:" My hope for Liverpool for 2009 would be an end to gun and knife crime,making the city a lace our kids can grow up to be proud of."
The 28-year-old faces a maximum five-year jail term if convicted after being accused of assaulting businessman and part-time DJ Marcus McGee, 34, who was injured during a fight at the Lounge Inn.
Rafael Benitez told the club's official website, www.liverpoolfc.tv: ''Steven is our captain and a key player for us, but more than this, I know him as a nice person.
''I sat down with him yesterday morning and had a very good talk with him about the situation and I was also able to speak at length with our club lawyer.
Liverpool Football club remain silent and do not want to give any comment.At the end,the club said" Steven has been given an outstanding servant 10 years for the club and the CLUB WILL GIVE ALL THE SUPPORT HE NEEDS".
Days before,he wrote a special Prayer for Liverpool for the city's.
It read:" My hope for Liverpool for 2009 would be an end to gun and knife crime,making the city a lace our kids can grow up to be proud of."
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