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title: "Jamie O’Hara admits attempts to wind up Steven Gerrard backfired"
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published: "2021-04-30T12:00:00Z"
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# Jamie O’Hara admits attempts to wind up Steven Gerrard backfired

Former Premier League midfielder Jamie O’Hara has admitted attempts to rattle[Liverpool](https://readliverpoolfc.com/2021/04/30/virals-virgil-van-dijk-posts-further-developments-in-rehab-journey/) legend [Steven Gerrard](https://readliverpoolfc.com/2021/04/29/xabi-alonso-omits-liverpool-teammates-from-fantasy-five-a-side-team/) comprehensively backfired during his playing days.

Now a league winning manager at Rangers, Gerrard remains an Anfield icon having made [504 league outings](https://www.premierleague.com/players/1575/Steven-Gerrard/stats) for the club – the majority of which came as captain.

O’Hara meanwhile enjoyed a top-flight playing career spanning three clubs and amassing [93 appearances](https://www.premierleague.com/players/2994/Jamie-O'Hara/overview) in total, but it was during a breakthrough season at Tottenham in 2007/08 when the Englishman met the Liverpudlian talisman.

The Spurs man was tasked with keeping a lid on Gerrard’s in-game influence on the final day at White Hart Lane, however, O’Hara admitted to [talkSPORT](https://talksport.com/football/873506/) that his underhand tactics may have been misplaced.

> I remember trying to get near Gerrard. I’d just got into the Spurs side, I was young, I was hungry, I was fit. I remember playing against him at White Hart Lane. I thought, ‘first few minutes I’ve got to smash him, I’m going to steam into him, I’ll do him today’. The first one, it was a soft header, I’ve got right over the top of him and gone, ‘bosh! Get some of that!’. He’s just turned around and given me a look. It was like I’d just poked a bear because after that, he literally run rings around me and snapped me in half about four times.

The [ex-England Under 21 man](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/jamie-ohara/nationalmannschaft/spieler/38090/verein_id/9565) went on to further detail how Gerrard got the better of him, before exclaiming he was taken off at half time – ahead of being [sold to Wolves](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2011/jun/21/wolves-5m-signing-jamie-ohara-tottenham) soon after.

### READ LIVERPOOL VERDICT

With all due respect, the Liverpool skipper has [run rings around many a player](https://www.theanfieldwrap.com/2016/11/steven-gerrard-the-best-there-is-the-best-there-was-the-best-there-ever-will-be/) levels above O’Hara.

On his day Gerrard was on another level entirely and carried the Reds through much of the Premier League era and to [multiple trophy successes](https://www.lfchistory.net/Players/Player/Profile/305) despite often not having the strength around him.