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.
5 pictures that sum up Rangers' six-goal thriller as defensive disappointment shows Steven Gerrard progress
dailyrecord.co.ukSteven Gerrard and his men in Lisbon on Thursday night. A point had been secured against the group favourites, while Alfredo Morelos became Rangers' all-time top European goalscorer.
It was, however, a missed opportunity as 10-man Benfica came back from two goals down to salvage a draw in stoppage time.A frustrated Gerrard put his side's failure to hold onto their lead down to "a matter of game management", saying: "We got what we deserved.
At 3-1 we didn’t do enough to get over the line."It was a thrilling match at the Estádio da Luz, and despite those late goals for the home side there were a number of positive moments for Rangers.Here are the five pictures that tell the story of the game.
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