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| Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard has pleaded not guilty to any involvement in a bar brawl on Merseyside. | Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard has pleaded not guilty to any involvement in a bar brawl on Merseyside. |
| The 28-year-old star was arrested after a disturbance at the Lounge Bar nightclub in Southport on 29 December. | The 28-year-old star was arrested after a disturbance at the Lounge Bar nightclub in Southport on 29 December. |
| A 34-year-old man, from Southport, had hospital treatment after receiving facial injuries in the incident. | |
| John Doran, 29, and Ian Smith, 19, both from Huyton, Merseyside, also appeared at North Sefton Magistrates' Court charged with assault and affray. | |
| Gerrard was at the bar with friends to celebrate Liverpool's 5-1 win over Newcastle United, earlier on 29 December. | |
| He was arrested alongside five others outside the venue and was later charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm and affray. | |
| Gerrard was driven to the magistrates' court in Southport before jogging up the steps, dressed in a dark blue suit, for the short hearing. | |
| It was the trio's first appearance in court following the incident. |