Gerrard on red card vs. United: 'I have let my teammates and manager down today'

Steven Gerrard is sorry. He should be.

The Liverpool captain apologized for the stamp on Ander Herrera that saw him sent off in Sunday's 2-1 loss to Manchester United, as he was shown a straight red card less than a minute after entering the match as a substitute to begin the second half.

It was an ignominious end to his final appearance against Manchester United, but it's one the veteran midfielder takes full responsibility for.

"I need to accept it. The decision was right. I have let my teammates and manager down today - even more importantly I let all the supporters down and I take full responsibility for my action," he told Sky Sports after the match.

"I tried to jump his tackle, I saw his studs and I reacted wrong. I've been in the game long enough to know when you do something like that, especially at the timing of the game, at halftime with 45 to play, a great opportunity to get back in the game ... I take full responsibility for it.''

Gerrard continued, attempting to describe what caused him to react in such a wild manner.

"I don't know. (It was) probably just a reaction to the initial tackle.

"I don't really think I should say too much more on it. I came to speak to apologise to everyone in the dressing room, all the supporters, all the players because I take full responsibility for today's result.''

Interestingly, though perhaps not surprisingly, the one person Gerrard did not apologize to was Herrera himself, whose leg he could easily have done serious damage to with the challenge.