Adebayo Akinfenwa has revealed he 'threatened' his AFC Wimbledon team-mates for Steven Gerrard's shirt when Liverpool visited the Cherry Red Records Stadium in 2015 in the third round of the FA Cup. The Reds won the match 2-1 thanks to two goals from Gerrard, but it was Akinfenwa who opened the scoring.
In William Hill's Stripped podcast, lifelong Liverpool fan Akinfenwa has spoke of how he contacted former Swansea City team-mate Joe Allen before the game to set up Reds captain Gerrard giving his shirt to the ex-striker after the FA Cup clash. Gerrard was happy to oblige.
Akinfenwa idolises the former Liverpool captain and says Gerrard is the 'best player' he's ever played against and gets 'goosebumps' when he thinks about the strong relationship between himself and the club. Gerrard personally wrote the foreword in Akinfenwa's book.
