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.
Jurgen Klopp has branded the Everton fan that threw a bottle at him "an idiot" after fearing that it was initially a glass bottle that was aimed at him.
It came after Conor Coady scored, though the goal was ruled out for offside moments later in the Merseyside derby which ended up 0-0.
At Goodison Park, there was a typically boisterous atmosphere but one supporter decided to take it too far. After the missile was thrown at the Liverpool manager, play was temporarily halted and Klopp has now explained what happened. “I think it hit, I’m not sure, the fourth official,” he said. READ MORE: Steven Gerrard becomes instant meme as he channels inner Ralph Hasenhuttl “We were pretty surprised, it was a proper bottle.
Some idiot had an idea but what can I say. Nobody knows who it was, I think.“But when I look back, the people made sure I understood that it was not as bad as it looked.
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