The Liverpool pub where Steven Gerrard was pictured on Monday night amid rumours of his imminent sacking by Aston Villa has said the under-pressure manager just called in briefly and wasn't drinking heavily.
Tweets emerged on social media on Monday night of Gerrard posing for pictures in the Bowring Park pub in Liverpool amid suggestions Villa had sacked him following poor results.
One tweet suggested Gerrard was 'absolutely smashed' and had been fired by the Villa Park club.
The 42-year-old former England and Liverpool midfielder was cradling a baby in in one picture and with his arms around two men in another.