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.
Nathan Patterson's Rangers absence explained as right back sidelined for Celtic showdown
dailyrecord.co.ukCeltic due to being required to self-isolate. The Ibrox right-back is missing from Sunday's match day squad after being identified as a close contact of a positive Covid-19 case.Leon Balogun starts in place of the teenager with captain James Tavernier also self-isolating.
Manager Steven Gerrard remains absent from the touchline with Gary McAllister set to lead the team against their Parkhead rivals.
Rumours regarding Patterson had been swirling well ahead of kick-off and he was not present when Rangers stepped off the bus outside Ibrox.
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