Jamie Carragher names the player HE blames for infamous Gerrard 'slip' goal

Jamie Carragher has revealed the player he blames for the Chelsea goal that became synonymous with Liverpool losing the 2013-14 Premier League title.

The Reds were in pole position to end their 24-year top-flight drought towards the tail end of the season before collapsing in the final stretch to hand the trophy back to Manchester City.

The 2-0 defeat to Chelsea at Anfield ended a titanic 11-match winning streak to set the would-be champions off-balance, and a 3-3 draw against Crystal Palace in the following game called time on their table-topping aspirations.

Chelsea's crucial opener in the tie came when Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard's slipped while in possession in his own half, allowing Chelsea forward Demba Ba to glide through on goal to bury the ball in the host's net.

Victory was confirmed in injury time as Willian doubled the visitors' lead, but Gerrard's role in the first goal was written into infamy.

But Carragher does not lay the blame at the feet of his former skipper, and instead shared that he points the finger at another of his team-mates on the day.

'I still blame Simon Mignolet for that goal with Demba Ba,' Carragher told his co-hosts on Sky Bet's Stick to Football podcast.

'He was so straight going through on goal, there was nowhere he could put it except through the keeper’s legs.

'He was running so straight on goal that I think it was difficult to score and there was nowhere else he could go.'

In 2020, Gerrard admitted that he was still haunted by the mishap, which he described as a 'brutal, cruel low in (his) life'.

'I park it up, but it comes back, all the time,' the Al-Ettifaq manager said. 'What triggers it? I don't know. TV. Images. Just me reflecting'.

But despite being the architect of Gerrard's