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.
Neil Francis Lennon (born 25 June 1971) is a Northern Irish football coach and former player who is the manager of Scottish Premiership club Celtic. During his playing career he represented English clubs Manchester City, Crewe Alexandra and Leicester City.
Lennon moved to Scottish club Celtic in 2000, where he made over 200 appearances and was appointed captain in 2005. Before retiring as a player, he returned to England and played for Nottingham Forest and Wycombe Wanderers. Lennon made 40 appearances for Northern Ireland in nine years, scoring two goals. Lennon was appointed manager of Celtic in March 2010, initially in a caretaker capacity after the departure of Tony Mowbray.
Blinkered Rangers are playing a blinder amid Celtic Dubai furore - Barry Ferguson
dailyrecord.co.ukSteven Gerrard’s battened down the hatches and after giving his players a couple of days off this week, they’ll be rested and ready to go to Pittodrie, where a win will put them 22 points clear of Neil Lennon’s team, who don’t play until Monday night.
But if I’m in that dressing room, I’m thinking it’s a 10-point gap and they’ve still to play us twice.That would be my motivation to maintain the standards that have been set this season, to keep us on our toes.
You step out on that training ground and you work even harder. You go into your match on a Saturday or Sunday believing Celtic are going to win – so you have to win as well.
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