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.
The great Rangers penalty debate rages as John Beaton comes in firing line – Hotline
dailyrecord.co.ukRangers and Aberdeen caused Hotline chaos and Celtic were also in the mix. Comments jammed the wires in the wake of a frantic midweek in the Scottish Premiership with the action at Ibrox taking centre stage.
Aberdeen got a point from Steven Gerrard’s team, but boss Stephen Glass fumed at decisions from ref John Beaton that saw Rangers get their draw through a late penalty won by Fashion Sakala and converted by James Tavernier.Tommy Graham, Giffnock, said: “Why is it that when Rangers get a stonewall penalty it is always controversial? “David Bates clearly hauled Sakala by grabbing his jersey.
By the way, with no attempt to play the ball and stopping a clear goalscoring opportunity, it should have been a red card.”Andy Adams, Kirkcaldy,
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