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.
Rangers, as they were held to a 0-0 Allsvenskan draw. The Swedish side were taking on Halmstad and rested no fewer than seven key players who started the first leg tie against Steven Gerrard's side.
Jo Inge Berget, Lasse Nielsen, Niklas Moisander, Bonke Innocent, captain Anders Christiansen, Antonio Colak and Veljko Birmancevic were all not in the starting line-up.Only goalkeeper Johan Dahlin, Anel Ahmedhodzic, Soren Rieks and Oscar Lewicki remained in the Malmo starting XI.The reigning champions did turn to their stars in the second half as Colak, Christiansen, Birmancevic, and Innocent all came off the bench.
Rangers suffered defeat to Dundee United, in the Scottish Premiership, in what has been a dismal week for Steven Gerrard's side,.
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