I've lost some respect for Gerrard with what he has said....
Had an England teammate had his balls stomped on deliberately, which i strongly believe it to have been (that is Rooney's stamp on the Portuguese player in the QF), then there would have been various england players rushing to attack the opposition player....they'd have loved to have had a numerical advantage, playing with 11 vs a portuguese side with only 10 players, "take anything you're given" type of attitude....
Rooney deliberately stamped on that player, the sheer force he exerted, sure he wasn't looking that way, but he knew there was a player behind him, and it just so happened that his deliberate stamp hit the genitalia of the opponent in question, and with quite some force exerted...
I have also lost respect for Rooney, saying referees have got it in for him and are headline grabbers etc...the fact is, rooney still has a temperament, one which he needs to control...some of us thought it had evaporated into thin air, new fresh evidence points to the unfortunate contrary...
I'm a Man United fan myself, don't appreciate what Rooney is doing and saying, effectively lying to cover his own back and blame other players for his sending off (which he thoroughly deserved)...the reality is Rooney has got off extremely lightly with what he did in the portugal game and has successfully it seems, shifted attention to referees and opposition players so as to make life much more easier for himself....
I'd say pathetic talk by gerrard and pathetic talk and behaviour by Rooney....