It's bollocks to suggest De Bruyne hasn't had defining moments. Gerrard had plenty of positive defining moments. His goal to equalise against West Ham, his goal in the CL final where he stepped it up. He was a fantastic player and would have won more in a better side but decided to stay with Liverpool. I wouldn't suggest he wasn't a fantastic player. It will always be that De Bruyne was only good because of who he played with and Gerrard didn't win the league because of who he played with. De Bruyne is better and more consistent in my opinion, but that's probably a City bias. It would have been great watching them at their peaks playing against each other!
Would KdB scoring v West Ham (or *checks notes* Olympiakos, was it?) be considered a defining moment? I doubt it.
It says something about Gerrard that his most fruitful season was played on the wing - because he couldn't dislodge Alonso and Sissoko.
Please remember in fighting for a place a Spanish midfield with Alonso, Fabregas, Xavi and Inesta, our own David Silva got more caps, assists and (I think) goals than any of Gerrard, Scholes or Lampard did with England. (And won rather more than the so-called golden generation too). Yet, Silva never got the accolades Gerrard did (and still does).
The excuse about KdB doing it because of only doing it because of the team he was surrounded by (not saying you're promoting it btw) is utter rubbish. Torres, Hamann, Carragher, Sterling, Suarez.... all fine players. In any event, Gerrard had the opportunity to move to a club with a proper winning mentality and - like all if his Premier League campaigns - he bottled that too.
A very, very good player. No argument there. Clearly not as good as the Scousers think though.
