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 City will be looking to extend their winning run in the Premier League to four games on Wednesday night when they face Aston Villa at Villa Park.
City will be desperate to claim three points and heap more pressure on league leaders Chelsea after the Blues' 1-1 draw against Manchester United last week — narrowing the gap between City and Chelsea to one point following Pep Guardiola's sides 2-1 win over West Ham last Sunday.
It won't be an easy task for City with Aston Villa having won their last two games since the arrival of Steven Gerrard as manager.
And, with City's last game being just three days ago, it won't be a surprise to see Guardiola rotate his side once again. John Stones is expected to return to the starting 11 for
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