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 in the Europa League.The pundit and former Liverpool star stuck his neckline on the line to deliver tips for matchday three of the competition.He reckons old Anfield team-mate Steven Gerrard will come up short against Benfica but believes Celtic will take all three points against Sparta Prague.Owen is anticipating a tight encounter at Estadio da Luz, with Jorge Jesus' side just coming out on top.He told BetVictor: "Rangers got there in the end against Lech Poznan to make it two wins from two in this year’s Europa League."They sit level on points with their hosts Benfica as joint Group D leaders so I expect a closely fought game."Benfica have looked excellent at times so far, and I think they may have too much for the Glaswegians.
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