GERRARD NAMES BENITEZ BEST LIVERPOOL MANAGER

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Former Liverpool player Steven Gerrard revealed that the best manager he played under in his career is Spaniard Rafa Benitez.


The Reds veteran played over 700 games during his time at Anfield, spanning over 17 years. Dubbed “Captain Fantastic,” Gerrard played under five managers before he left the club.

“Rafa Benitez, tactically the best. Just in general, setting a team up to play, to deliver the Champions League with the team that we won it with was a miracle and Rafa was a big part of that. He was incredible,” the current Major League Soccer player claimed.

Gerrard has played under Brendan Rodgers, Kenny Dalglish, Roy Hodgson, and Gerard Houllier aside Benitez, but opines that the former Real Madrid coach is outstanding. Gerrard added that he enjoyed his times with Dalgish as he grew on him. He said Dalgish was a hero to himself and his dad. He claimed that Brendan Rodgers would have been a better choice for England, but the timing was wrong having accepted a job with the Scottish champions. Gerrard praised former England coach Fabio Capello as well. Read more “GERRARD NAMES BENITEZ BEST LIVERPOOL MANAGER”

Steven Encourages Young Players Of The LA Galaxy

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Steven Gerrard might not be active on the field anymore, but he definitely makes it a point to show his association with his club and help out new joiners to feel as if they are part of an extended family.


In a recent interview he stated how he remembered the first time when he signed on a first contract. He remembers how he signed on the dotted lines with sweat building up and butterflies in his stomach. The smiles on the faces of his family members as well as friends as they welcomed his big news are also a memory that he still cherishes.

He is now involved with the Special Olympics team named LA Galaxy Southern California, whose roster for 2016 has been announced. Gerrard was present when the twenty players signed up contracts to be part of the LA Galaxy. He shared his feelings with them, telling them that it was their big day and they should cherish the same. Read more “Steven Encourages Young Players Of The LA Galaxy”

Steven Gerrard sends encouragement to Liverpool

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Steven Gerrard has sent a message to the Liverpool squad to encourage them for their upcoming match against Sevilla in the Europa League.


The former Liverpool captain will be hoping that his club will end up their season at least with a trophy.

Liverpool ended their season with a draw against West Brom with a much-changed team as they look forward to the game against Sevilla. The Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp made numerous changes to the team that faced West Brom because he claimed that his players would not have focused on the game ahead of the final.

Klopp believes that his team can beat Sevilla even if the Spanish side has won the trophy two times consecutively. The German manager stated that this is going to be a different game and that Liverpool is very different from the teams that Sevilla beat previously. He said that his players are ready for the match and that they will make everything they can in order to win the game.

Jurgen Klopp has told his players that they are good enough to win the final and that they should believe in themselves. The German manager said that they should not worry about Sevilla winning the trophy twice and that they should focus on themselves. Read more “Steven Gerrard sends encouragement to Liverpool”

LA GALAXY MISS INJURED STEVEN GERRARD AS THEY SETTLE FOR DRAW

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Major League Soccer (MLS) outfit, LA Galaxy were without star player, Steven Gerrard in their lucky draw against Portland Timbers FC. The match was played at StubHub Center, Carson, California on Sunday night. The Los Angeles soccer franchise were also without injured skipper, Robbie Keane in the crucial encounter between the last two MLS champions.

The Ex-Liverpool striker was absent because he was injured. The Galaxy team were weak at the attack in the first half of the encounter that threatened to end their unbeaten home run.

The team which sits in 4th position in the Western Conference of the MLS league almost lost their first match this season. They won the first 4-1 in the encounter with DC United but lost the second to Colorado Rapids in a hard-fought away match. If they had lost against Portland Timbers, it would have been their first home loss this season.

Portland Timbers Fernando Aldi put the visitors ahead after the break but another slip from Portland defender Nat Borchers that resulted in own goal helped LA Galaxy salvage a point. Read more “LA GALAXY MISS INJURED STEVEN GERRARD AS THEY SETTLE FOR DRAW”

Chelsea is still interested in signing Pogba and Pedro made a dream debut

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Juventus will not release Paul Pogba to any club for anything less than €70 million but this extremely high price tag has not intimidated Chelsea as the Premier League club is believed to be willing to pay that steep price for the young Frenchman.

The owner of Chelsea, Roman Abramovich is prepared to spend that much money in the prodigy who is already being labeled as: ‘’The next Zinedine Zidane’’

Chelsea will do whatever it takes to continue winning titles even if it means dishing out large sums of cash in a player and this is what they have to do as all of their rivals are also splashing out high amounts of money in signing new players.

The first victory of this season that Chelsea secured can be credited in a large part to the latest high-profile signing that Jose Mourinho completed as the Portuguese manager snatched Pedro Rodriguez for a price tag of €26.6m.

In this summer transfer window, Pedro was a player who was being sought out by Manchester United but Chelsea acted faster and splashed out the cash for the Spanish attacker which has already resulted in a huge impact for Chelsea as he almost single handedly secured all 3 points for the Premier League club during his debut match. Read more “Chelsea is still interested in signing Pogba and Pedro made a dream debut”

Steven Gerrard has admitted that he is left bitterly disappointed

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Former Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard has admitted that he is left bitterly disappointed with the attitude shown by Raheem Sterling just days into the pre-season.

Gerrard left the club after more than 15 years at Anfield and he now plays for LA Galaxy. However, he continues to be presented with questions about his former club. A well-known fan of Liverpool, Gerrard has joined hands with his former teammate Jamie Carragher in criticising the attitude shown by Sterling in order to engineer a move to Manchester City. The Premier League team have made a £ 40 million offer for Sterling and this is the second bid.

A third bid in the region of £ 50 million is expected to arrive, as the transfer window approaches an end. This is still quite far away and clubs have just begun their preparations for the new season. Liverpool’s pre-season started a few days ago, but Sterling has not been part of it. He has called in sick on both days and this is seen as a huge statement of intent from the 20-year-old that he no longer wants to play for the Reds. Gerrard says that Sterling should learn a thing or two about being professional from current captain Jordan Henderson. Read more “Steven Gerrard has admitted that he is left bitterly disappointed”

Steven Gerrard features in 700 Match of his Club

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Steven Gerrard had to feature in his 700th match for his club Liverpool the other day versus West Ham United, but, he, unfortunately, missed out as he was not match fit.

He was there at Anfield though, but, not in the player’s dug out. He was actually enjoying the game with his family and friends in one of the VIP boxes built in the spectators’ area.

According to the Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers, Gerrard’s problem was not that big, but, he is too important a player to be risked considering how frequently the Reds have to play in the next couple of months. Read more “Steven Gerrard features in 700 Match of his Club”

Steven Gerrard rejects rumors about Team Bad Performance due to Manager

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Liverpool midfielder Steven Gerrard has rejected suggestions that much of the dressing room has lost faith in manager Brendan Rodgers after a poor start to the season.

It has been widely expected that Rodgers may face the sack after poor form that seems to not go away. Liverpool have managed only six wins in the Premier league this campaign, while they have already suffered more defeats than they did throughout last season – seven. After the recent 3-0 loss against Manchester United, speculation has been intense that the dressing room no longer has faith inRodgers.

This is seen as a situation from where things could only get worse. Gerrard accepts that Liverpool have not been good enough this season, but he sees that the season is yet to reach the halfway stage and that there is a lot of time for the club to recover. Liverpool were in amongst the table leaders at this stage last season. It helped them go with them a few matches of winning the title.Rodgers accepted at the start of the season that it was always going to be a transitional period, but few would have expected it to last for such a long time.

Liverpool face relegation threatened Burnley on Boxing Day. “Look, we’re still moving forward, I really believe that. I’m the first to admit it’s been tough this season, it’s been a bit of a roller-coaster. But no-one in the dressing room has lost confidence in the manager. We are all behind him, we all believe in him.We aren’t where we want to be in the table and nobody is happy about that, but we’re determined to put it right. It will take time. But I have that belief that we’ll get it right and we will get there,” said Gerrard.