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.
Livingston boss David Martindale admits sympathy for Rangers counterpart Steven Gerrard over dismissal
dailyrecord.co.ukthe only goal of the game in the 87th minute at the Tony Macaroni Arena but earlier in the game had been booked for diving by referee John Beaton after being brought down by Livi keeper Max Stryjek inside the box.Gerrard's protestations towards the whistler as the teams walked off at half-time earned the boss two yellow cards in quick succession.But Martindale admits his side got away with one as the visitors were denied a 'stonewall' penalty.He said: "We got away with one in the first half with a stonewall penalty so I could understand Steven’s reaction.
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