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.
Ben Davies in defiant Rangers title stance as Celtic told 'there is still a long way to go'
dailyrecord.co.ukIt was two steps forward, two steps back as Rangers threw away the chance to start sneaking up on Celtic. But Ben Davies reckons yesterday’s Old Firm stalemate is proof Rangers are only heading in the right direction under Michael Beale.
The new Ibrox boss is still searching for a complete performance that stretches from first minute until last. For a while, it looked like he might only need one lasting 45-minutes to cut the nine-point title deficit and renew hope amongst his squad that the title race is back on.
Gers were off the pace and in danger of losing touch with their derby rivals as Daizen Maeda’s fifth-minute strike threatened to push the Hoops 12 points ahead in the Premiership.
It took a half-time finger-wagging from Beale, though, to remind Rangers of the heights they are capable of hitting. Those words had the desired effect and within seven minutes of returning for the second half, Beale’s resurgent Rangers were ahead thanks to goals from Ryan Kent and skipper James Tavernier.
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