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.
Manchester United were on Monday night handed a tricky FA Cup draw and fans flocked to social media to point out the club's recent bad luck in that regard.
Ralf Rangnick's side will welcome Steven Gerrard's Aston Villa to Old Trafford in what will be the fifth time the two teams have faced each other in the third round of the competition.
Last season United played Watford, who were at the time in the Championship, but then drawn against Liverpool and West Ham United, before losing in the quarter-finals to eventual winners Leicester City.
Prior to that, they faced Wolverhampton Wanderers in the third round proper, winning 1-0 in a replay. Supporters took to Twitter to highlight that United once again were given a Premier League side to face
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