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.
Steven Gerrard's brutal criticism of Rangers defender Matt Polster explained after Leverkusen heartache
dailyrecord.co.ukBT Sport pundit Joleon Lescott offered sympathy to Rangers defender Matt Polster following last night's 3-1 loss to Bayer Leverkusen.
Steven Gerrard criticised the American after the Europa League last-16 defeat for not "taking one for the team" and bringing down Leon Bailey before he scored the Germans' third goal.
But the former Manchester City centre-back claimed the swift counter-attack was one of Leverkusen's strengths and that there was little Polster could have done to stop him.
Lescott said: "He (Gerrard) is saying 'bring him down, yellow card for the team'."The counter-attack, that's what you see in Europe and the top teams."That's what the top players do, they punish you."And Stevie knew that, he knew in that moment when the
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