His performances have been first class and he has been my perfect role model since day one and someone every young player can learn from.
STEVEN GERRARD FOOTBALL STORY PROFESSIONAL
He lives the life of a proper professional footballer. He does his talking on and off the pitch. He is just a great role model to learn from. Reds and England teammate Jonjo Shelvey rightly holds Gerrard in very high regard (via The Independent): Gerrard was given his Liverpool debut in November 1998 by Gerard Houllier, and so it should be no surprise whatsoever that the midfielder has always looked after his body off the pitch in terms of diet, not consuming alcohol and getting the needed rest in between fixtures.Īnd it is that kind of complete and total dedication to become the very best in your field that the one-time France national team manager instilled into Gerrard from a very young age, and that he himself hen passed down to the younger generation of Liverpool players over the years. Ralf Rangnick has made a positive start as interim manager of Manchester United and his first away game takes him to bottom club Norwich City who have shown signs of life since Smith took over from German Daniel Farke.However, it is not just his outstanding achievements on the field of play that mark Gerrard out as an ideal role model, but equally what he does off the pitch, with the Whiston-born player’s name rarely seen, if ever, on the front pages of the national newspapers. Chelsea, having lost top spot with defeat by West Ham last week, can ill-afford another slip-up at home to struggling Leeds United. City host Wolverhampton Wanderers at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday and need no reminding of the threat they face having lost to Wolves twice in 2019 - including a 2-0 defeat at home when Adama Traore scored twice. Liverpool are second in the table, a point behind Pep Guardiola's City and one ahead of European champions Chelsea. There will no doubt be a warm welcome from the fans in the Kop and kind words from Klopp but the German has plenty else to focus his mind as the three-horse race for the title enters the crucial Christmas season. For us, we’re not competing with Liverpool, in terms of the level we’re both at, at the moment, but we’ll certainly go there and give it everything we’ve got," he said. "I just want to go there and try to win and take what we can.
It would be no surprise if, when the Juergen Klopp era has ended, Gerrard returns to manage Liverpool but he is smart enough to know there is little to gain from such talk now. The 41-year-old has made a swift impact at the Midlands club, winning three of his opening four games in charge, with the only loss coming to league leaders Manchester City. Gerrard's success in winning the Scottish Premiership last season earned him the chance to take over at Villa following the dismissal of Dean Smith last month. He played his final game for Liverpool at Anfield in 2015 and had a spell as a youth coach in the academy before taking on the manager's job at Scottish club Rangers.
A Liverpudlian who joined the team's youth set-up as a nine-year-old, Gerrard went on to make 504 appearances for the club, most famously captaining them to their astonishing comeback in the 2005 Champions League final win over AC Milan. MANCHESTER: As much as Aston Villa manager Steven Gerrard may protest that his mind is focused purely on his team beating Liverpool in the Premier League on Saturday, there can be no denying the emotions his return to Anfield will stir up.
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