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.
Charlie Nicholas has hailed the "passion, penetration and pace" Celtic are displaying under Ange Postecoglou. The former Parkhead star has been one of the club's most vocal critics in recent years but he believes the football on offer under the Australian is box office.
But Celtic's six-game winning run will be put to the test this week as they face AZ Alkmaar and Rangers in a vital double header before the first international break.
Nicholas reckons the recent fixture run has been favourable to Postecoglou but he believes they are capable or earning a result against Steven Gerrard's side - who the pundit believes are not the defensive force they were last season en route to their title romp.
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