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.
Giovanni van Bronckhorst reckons his “brave” Rangers team sent out an early message in his tenure by ending Lyon’s perfect Europa League Group A record.
The Light Blues earned a draw as Scott Wright’s deflected opener was cancelled out by a Calvin Bassey own goal. Van Bronckhorst was delighted with how his team performed against the French cracks as he continues to implement his style since succeeding Steven Gerrard.
And after a quick turnaround the Dutchman says his team will be ready to go for a tough trip to Hearts on Sunday - 24 hours before they find out their Europa League knockout stage opponents.
Van Bronckhorst said: “I’m very happy with the message we showed as a team. We came not to defend but to play our game and develop our
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