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.
Legendary Ukrainian striker Andriy Shevchenko has opened up on the long-lasting mental impacts he was left with after losing to Liverpool in that fateful Champions League final.
Steven Gerrard inspired the Reds to one of the best comebacks of all-time in 2005 as AC Milan surrendered a three-goal lead at half-time to lose on penalties in Istanbul.
The clash between a rather put together squad from Rafa Benitez against a Milan side littered with legends of the game has gone down in folklore for the nature in which it unfolded.
It looked as though Hernan Crespo’s double, on top of Paolo Maldini’s first minute opener, had done the job going into the break.
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