Wednesday, October 05, 2005

Gerrard reveals England incentive
Steven Gerrard has revealed England will use the "embarrassment" of defeat against Northern Ireland as a World Cup inspiration against Austria.
Liverpool captain Gerrard admitted Sven-Goran Eriksson's squad were still hurting from the shock 1-0 loss in the qualifier at Windsor Park.
He said: "We can't wait to get that result out of our systems.
"We let ourselves, the country and the fans down in Belfast and it is still fresh in our memories. It hurts."
Gerrard added: "It's going to be very important to bounce back. We need a performance against Austria. The three points are the most important but the fans deserve a good performance from the team.
"The players were embarrassed by the defeat in Belfast and we need to put that right. There is too much quality in our changing room to get beaten by Northern Ireland, with all due respect to them.

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