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.
Steven Gerrard admitted he demanded his Rangers players "improve on the counter-press" following a first-half where they looked unusually disjointed.
The Ibrox side went in level at 2-2 with Standard Liege having been unable to really impose their game on the Belgians. Any manager, of course, will look to his captain to drill home that message on the pitch and it was from James Tavernier 's instructions Rangers built their winning goal in an improved second-half display.
Even with the ball on the opposite flank, the right-back was the catalyst for Scott Arfield 's decisive strike. Rangers lost possession on the left and looked ready to drop off and defend deeper.
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