Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard are two personalities who have spoken of their admiration for one another, and it seems the former England internationals have renewed their “rivalry” as managers in The Premier League, having traded blows as midfield players in the Premier League. Gerrard is the manager at Aston Villa while Lampard just took over at stricken Everton. There have been many unending debates in the world of football, and new ones will keep coming up increasing the chances of best online casino users, as more quality players keep coming through. Pele vs Maradona. Ronaldo vs Messi. Zidane vs Ronaldinho. Xavi vs Iniesta, Terry vs Vidic, Henry vs Nistelrooy.
Vieira vs Keane is probably the most famous on English shores because of the sheer “hatred” both of them have for each other, but Lampard vs Gerrard is one that is also very debatable. Both are goalscoring midfielders, holders of over 100 caps, supremely talented, and are club legends at Chelsea and Liverpool respectively. They were part of the famous English golden generation of the early and mid-2000s that promised so much but ultimately fell short, suffering heartbreak at Euro 2004 and Germany 2006. Lampard was the more attacking of the two, scoring goals with reckless abandon, especially from the edge of the box. He mastered the art of arriving at the box at the right time but was criminally underrated in terms of his all-around play in the middle of the park.
His tenacity and work in the tackle were often overshadowed by the consistency he showed with goals and assists, and he remains as the midfielder as most goals in Premier League history with a whopping 177 goals. Gerrard, on the other hand, was simply a force of nature. Often time, he dragged Liverpool with his sheer will and never-say-die attitude, exemplified by the 2005 Champions League win against AC Milan in Istanbul and the 2006 FA Cup Final against West Ham in Cardiff, where he shone like a million stars and hauled the Merseysiders from the jaws to victories that are still whispered in awe from football stakeholders.
As managers, their trajectories have been somewhat different, with Gerrard slightly the better one. He went from Liverpool under 18s to becoming manager at Rangers, where he won the title unbeaten, and crucially stopped Celtic from winning the famous 10-in-a-row, a fact that the Gers couldn’t think of. He is now at Aston Villa, and seems to have instilled his no-nonsense and no-fear factor into his players. Lampard did a decent job at Derby, guiding The Rams to the cusp of promotion, and then took the job at his beloved Chelsea. He maneuvered a transfer ban, lost the club’s best player in Eden Hazard, but still guided The Blues to a Cup Final and a top 4 finish. His second season would unravel quickly but he is still credited as to having laid the blocks for The Blues’ improbable Champions League win under Thomas Tuchel.
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