Stevie's the reason we won a CL. Also the FA cup final the year after was a bit special. I don't think Gerrard's a bottler at all - if anything he carried a lot of Liverpool sides to more than they probably should have achieved on paper.
That 2009 side was good, shockingly good midfield especially. But I don't think it compares to the current side - better attack nowadays, better defense, shitloads of depth. The current side is so good. It's a shame Stevie had a free kick goal disallowed for reasons I'll never understand in 2009 against Stoke. I don't think I'll ever forget that bullshit refereeing for as long as I live (assuming I don't get Alzheimer's or dementia or something). Might have made that season end entirely differently.
I thought the last year side was comparable to the 2009 side (although obviously we did worse in the league) because despite the defensive frailty in the first half of the season, the firepower up top was just too much for almost everyone we came up against. Maybe it had more flaws than the 2009 side. The current side though is a hell of a lot more complete though.