Reds skipper Steven Gerrard moved up a place to number 13 in the club's all-time table for number of games played in all competitions having turned out at Fiorentina on Tuesday. This was his 493rd game for Liverpool, although this is 94 behind Jamie Carragher, our most experienced current player who is ranked ninth.

The 29-year old Huyton-born lad signed on as a pro in 1997, and is currently contracted with the club until 2013. He has so far bagged an impressive 123 goals in his 493 appearances, and he is just five strikes short of moving up into our top ten goalscorers of all time.

His 493 games to date are made up of 340 in the Premiership, 103 in Europe, 26 FA Cup, twenty in the League Cup and two each in the FA Charity/Community Shield and FIFA Club World Championship.

Gerrard's 493rd game drew him level with Irish midfielder Ronnie Whelan. He signed from Home Farm for £35,000 in September 1979, netting 73 times in his fifteen years with the reds and winning six League titles, one European Cup, two FA Cups, three League Cups and three FA Charity Shields.

It will take a further 56 games before Stevie can break into the club's all-time Top 10 appearance holders, and he would then still be more than 300 games behind Ian Callaghan, who is likely to forever remain the Liverpool player who tops the appearance charts. Next in his sights is Kenny Dalglish, whom he is likely to match later this season as he is only 22 games ahead of Gerrard at present, on 515.