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 vs Alashkert predictions: Goals on cards with Gers keen to settle Europa Leaque qualification tie at Ibrox
dailyrecord.co.uk13/1 underdogs to beat the Scottish champions in their Europa League qualifying clash. The reality is that Steven Gerrard's side, who are a miserly 1/25 to qualify from this two-legged affair and book their place in the group stage of the Europa League, should have far too much for Alashkert, especially with the backing of a packed Ibrox.
Expect Rangers to be focused on getting this tie wrapped up in the first leg given the near 5,000-mile round trip that awaits them in the second leg, which just falls just days before their crucial first clash of the season with Celtic.
Rangers finally found their scoring boots at the weekend when they put five past Dunfermline in the League Cup, the first time they have hit the target more than once since.
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