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 have an opportunity to move top of the Premier League standings on Wednesday night. Having coasted to a third English title in four seasons, Pep Guardiola and his star-studded team are a point behind table-topping Chelsea heading into this midweek round of fixtures.
City are preparing to take on Aston Villa at Villa Park and the Midlands side have been rejuvenated since Liverpool great Steven Gerrard replaced Dean Smith at the helm.
Indeed, they have won each of their two Premier League games with Gerrard in charge. City must take all three points if they are to leapfrog Chelsea, though, given the Blues are in action at Watford and currently boast a superior goal difference.
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