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.
If the title is snatched from Liverpool’s grasp again, few people will understand Jurgen Klopp’s pain like Brendan Rodgers. The Northern Irishman came within a well-documented Steven Gerrard slip of leading the Reds back to the top of English football after a 24-year wait in 2014.
Six years on with the club just two wins away, lightning could strike twice if, despite the best efforts of the Premier League, the season is curtailed. “They've clearly been consistently the best team,” said Rodgers, currently third with Leicester. “The level that they've been playing at, the quality - they’ve just been absolutely fantastic. “So it would be an absolute shame if they don't get the chance to to lift the title. “They’ve been waiting so, so long -
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