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.
Borna Barisic fired his first goal in two years to nudge nervy Rangers past St Johnstone and into the Scottish Cup’s last 16.The Croatian had not found the net since tucking away a penalty in a Europa League clash against Royal Antwerp during Steven Gerrard’s Ibrox reign.
But his superbly-taken hit was enough to secure safe passage as Michael Beale’s men laboured to another win.It’s now nine games unbeaten for the Londoner but yet again the Light Blues struggled to get going and had to survive a few anxious moments at the end before they could seal their place in Sunday’s draw for the next round.
James Brown - the match winner when Saints stunned Gio van Bronckhorst’s Gers back in November - was restored to Callum Davidson’s team along with Danny Phillips, Cammy MacPherson, Melker Hallberg and Connor McLennan.Beale’s rotation policy with his goalkeeper was in use again as Allan McGregor returned after sitting out Wednesday win at Killie, with Ryan Jack and Malik Tillman back in midfield.
Slow starts have been a recurring theme during Beale’s tenure and this was no different.The Light Blues certainly dominated the possession stakes but finding a way through Callum Davidson’s well-drilled Saints was another matter completely.
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