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 under siege LIVE as Celtic boss stands on the brink
dailyrecord.co.ukNeil Lennon might not get the chance to come good on his promise. Sunday's embarrassment against Ross County came hot on the heels of a second consecutive 4-1 defeat to Sparta Prague.
It's been a wretched run of only two wins in 10 games and that has Celtic out of Europe, 11 points behind rivals Rangers and the end of their 35-game unbeaten domestic cup record.
Lennon has tried everything to turn things around but nothing worked as his side's own abysmal run has been compounded by the fact Steven Gerrard's Rangers are flying high.
But what comes next? Peter Lawwell and Dermot Desmond have some major questions to answer with Ten In A Row and their Premiership dominance in serious danger.
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