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.
Two underrated Man City stars deserve credit after Steven Gerrard slip in 2014
manchestereveningnews.co.ukApril 27, 2014 will always be remembered as a memorable day in Premier League history. Many saw it as a coronation day for Brendan Rodgers and Liverpool, only for Jose Mourinho to do what he does best - turn a defensive masterclass into a smash-and-grab win to well and truly rip up the script.
Having told his teammates not to let things slip, Liverpool's inspirational captain Steven Gerrard lost his footing at the worst possible moment to allow Demba Ba to streak forward and stun Merseyside.
That, famously, was that. Except it wasn't. Liverpool's defeat may have blown the title race wide open but that only heightened the tension at Selhurst Park as Manuel Pellegrini's brilliant-but-occasionally-brittle team waited to kick off on what was
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