Steven Gerrard, star England and Liverpool midfielder, denied taking part in a bar brawl last year that left a businessman injured.
The Liverpool captain was arrested in the early hours of Dec. 29 after police were called to the Lounge Bar nightclub in Southport, north of Liverpool in northwest England.
Company director Marcus McGee, 34, required hospital treatment after receiving facial injuries.
At Liverpool Crown Court on Friday, Gerrard, 28, pleaded not guilty to a charge of affray in relation to the incident, the Press Association reported.
The incident occurred following Gerrard’s man-of-the-match performance in a 5-1 win over Newcastle United in which he had scored twice.
Gerrard signed a new two-year contract extension on Friday that will keep him at Anfield until at least 2013, and Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez has said the club are fully behind their captain.
Liverpool are second in the Premier League, a point behind Manchester United and would go top on Saturday if they avoided defeat at Fulham, at least until Manchester United play Aston Villa on Sunday.
Source: supersport.co.za
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