News has broken on Monday afternoon that Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard has retired from international football.

The news was announced on the FA’s website, with the following quotes from Gerrard:

I have enjoyed every minute of representing my country and it is a sad day for me knowing that I won’t pull on the England shirt again.

This has been a very difficult decision, one of the toughest I’ve had to make in my career. I have agonised over this since coming back from Brazil and have spoken to family, friends and people close to me in the game before coming to this point.

Most importantly, Brendan [Rodgers] has been fantastic and obviously I have to look after my body as much as possible to ensure I can give everything when I take to the field.

To ensure I can keep playing to a high level and giving everything to Liverpool Football Club I believe this is the right decision, and having Champions League football back at Anfield is another big factor in my decision.

Gerrard also captained England 38 times in a 114-game career for the Three Lions, scoring a total of 21 goals.

Steve Gerrard played in three World Cup finals for England, scoring three goals in the competition.

Source: http://www.101greatgoals.com/

Not sad to see it happened,one of the player that constantly fail to ignite @ d Biggest stage(international football),but a loyal servant.