The Gerrard-Lampard midfield partnership has been the subject of substantial debate at every major tournament since their first together at Euro 2004.
Having played together in a number of faltering World Cup squads, it has been widely considered that they struggle to complement each other due to similarity, and both Fabio Capello and current manager Roy Hodgson have tried different combinations in midfield.
But ahead of England’s final home friendly against Peru on Friday, Liverpool star Gerrard was defiant.
“Gerrard and Lampard, is no-one bored of that one yet?” he said in a press conference alongside Hodgson on Thursday.
“I agree with Roy and I have said it many times on record that good players can play together and good players need to be able to adapt and take on a manager’s tactics.