Steven George Gerrard MBE (born 30 May 1980) is an English professional football manager and former player who manages Scottish Premiership club Rangers.
He spent the majority of his playing career as a central midfielder for Liverpool, with most of that time spent as club captain, as well as captaining the England national team. Widely regarded as one of the greatest midfielders of all time,
Gerrard was awarded the UEFA Club Footballer of the Year award in 2005, and the Ballon d'Or Bronze Award. In 2009, Zinedine Zidane and Pelé said that they considered Gerrard to be the best footballer in the world.
Ally McCoist makes Rangers 'intent' claim as he reckons Steven Gerrard's side didn't expect to beat Bayer Leverkusen
dailyrecord.co.ukAlly McCoist admits he was disappointed to see his former club bow out of the Europa League after a 1-0 loss to Bayer Leverkusen on Thrusday.
The Light Blues struggled at the BayArena as Moussa Diaby scored the only goal of the game, his side already 3-1 up from a first-leg win at Ibrox.
And the club's record goalscorer wasn't unsure if Steven Gerrard 's men ever believed they could overcome Leverkusen to set up a return to Germany for the quarter-finals.
Speaking on BT Sport's Scottish Football Extra, McCoist said: "I'm not sure I'd go as far as a white flag."It certainly looked to me as if there was an expectation that they wouldn't be hanging around Germany, shall we say."Make no mistake about it, they're playing a good team, a side that.
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