Steven Gerrard celebrated his birthday on Monday, and while thanking fans for their well wishes, he shared a video he received from his "hero", Ricky Gervais.
The Liverpool FC legend is now 42, and has been inundated with messages from fans around the globe, as well as former teammates and current Liverpool players including Jordan Henderson. But one message was his "favourite".
In the clip, Ricky reverted back into David Brent and said: "Ricky Gervais... Steven Gerrard. Yeah? You like comedy, I like football so..." before interlocking his hands as Brent does in an iconic The Office scene.
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Captioning the post, Steven said: "Thanks for all the birthday messages today. Thought I would share my favourite one [laughing emojis] my hero @rickygervais".
Fans were loving the video, with many flooding to the comments section to also wish the Aston Villa manager a very happy birthday. Kristian Nowak said: "Two legends".
Siobhan said: "This is class! HBD chief", while Ant Canavan said: "This is the crossover we all want to see". David Knox said: "Brilliant - many happy returns & thanks for giving Rangers our pride back"
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