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"Steven Gerrard has been accused of &amp;quot;totally losing it&amp;quot; and striking a man with the &amp;quot;speed of a professional boxer&amp;quot; during an alleged bar brawl last year.  The Liverpool and England footballer has pleaded not guilty to affray in relation to the incident on December 29, in which businessman Marcus McGee lost a tooth in a row over a CD player.  Speaking at Liverpool Crown Court today, prosecutor David Turner QC claimed that Gerrard had taken offence at being denied permission to control the music at the Lounge Inn in Southport while celebrating a recent team win.  Turner went on to allege that about six minutes later, Gerrard approached McGee again and &amp;quot;the pair were head-to-head in the sort of hostile confrontation that is often seen between professional footballers&amp;quot;. He added that John Doran, one of Gerrard&amp;#039;s friends who has admitted affray, then pushed McGee away &amp;quot;but could not resist following through with his right elbow into Mr McGee&amp;#039;s face&amp;quot;.  Turner continued: &amp;quot;We say at this stage Gerrard totally lost it. Almost immediately after the blow from John Doran, in fact within seconds, Steven Gerrard joined in the attack with a succession of well-aimed uppercut punches delivered with the style and speed of a professional boxer rather than a professional footballer.&amp;quot; Gerrard, 29, will now face trial alone after his six co-defendants admitted their involvement in the brawl. The trial is expected to last for two weeks.  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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