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.
Rangers vs Celtic LIVE score as Beale and Ange set for derby fire within ice cold Ibrox
dailyrecord.co.ukCeltic will first-foot Rangers at Ibrox Stadium but they could also kick their rivals' title chances into touch. Ange Postecoglou's men boast a nine-point lead at the top of the Scottish Premiership – as well as a vastly-superior goal difference – and victory in the traditional Ne'erday derby would kill off any realistic chances the Light Blues have of overhauling them.
But a win for Michael Beale in his first Old Firm clash as manager and there could be something of a title race in the second half of the season, although it would still be a huge task for Rangers.
Beale has made a perfect start to life in the dugout at Ibrox with four wins from four since succeeding Giovanni van Bronckhorst but this is without doubt his biggest test yet since swapping QPR for Rangers.
He knows the enormity of the occasion having been part of Steven Gerrard's backroom team where they held the upperhand in the fixture before they departed for Aston Villa.Find out if he can continue that as a boss in his own right with all the big match build up, action and reaction right here in our LIVE blog.
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