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.
Neil Francis Lennon (born 25 June 1971) is a Northern Irish football coach and former player who is the manager of Scottish Premiership club Celtic. During his playing career he represented English clubs Manchester City, Crewe Alexandra and Leicester City.
Lennon moved to Scottish club Celtic in 2000, where he made over 200 appearances and was appointed captain in 2005. Before retiring as a player, he returned to England and played for Nottingham Forest and Wycombe Wanderers. Lennon made 40 appearances for Northern Ireland in nine years, scoring two goals. Lennon was appointed manager of Celtic in March 2010, initially in a caretaker capacity after the departure of Tony Mowbray.
Neil Lennon reacts to latest Celtic flop as stand-in boss reveals the message isolating manager passed on to players
dailyrecord.co.ukNeil Lennon 's post-match message to the squad. Rangers will move 23 points clear at the top of the Premiership if they beat struggling Motherwell on Sunday, and even if the champions win all their games in hand the gap will be 14.
The initiative was further handed to Steven Gerrard's side after a depleted Celtic squad struggled to a 0-0 draw at home to Livingston.
A total of 13 players have been told to self-isolate after being identified as close contacts of Covid-positive Christopher Jullien, with manager Lennon and his assistant John Kennedy also quarantining.
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