As a lot as Aston Villa supervisor Steven Gerrard might protest that his thoughts is concentrated purely on his workforce beating Liverpool within the Premier League on Saturda, there could be no denying the feelings his return to Anfield will fire up.
A Liverpudlian who joined the workforce’s youth set-up as a nine-year-old, Gerrard went on to make 710 appearances for the membership, most famously captaining them to their astonishing comeback within the 2005 Champions League closing win over AC Milan.
He performed his closing recreation for Liverpool at Anfield in 2015 and had a spell as a youth coach within the academy earlier than taking over the supervisor’s job at Scottish membership Rangers.
Gerrard’s success in successful the Scottish Premiership final season earned him the prospect to take over at Villa following the dismissal of Dean Smith final month.
The 41-year-old has made a swift impression on the Midlands membership, successful three of his opening 4 video games in cost, with the one loss coming to league leaders Manchester Metropolis.
✅ Aston Villa 2-0 Brighton
✅ Crystal Palace 1-2 Aston Villa
✅ Aston Villa 2-1 Leicester MetropolisThree wins out of 4 for Steven Gerrard. 🙌 pic.twitter.com/eyRQlRF7VE
— Aston Villa (@AVFCOfficial) December 5, 2021
It might be no shock if, when the Jurgen Klopp period has ended, Gerrard returns to handle Liverpool however he’s good sufficient to know there may be little to achieve from such discuss now.
“I simply need to go there and attempt to win and take what we will. For us, we’re not competing with Liverpool, by way of the extent we’re each at, for the time being, however we’ll actually go there and provides it the whole lot we’ve obtained,” he stated.
There’ll little question be a heat welcome from the followers within the Kop and type phrases from Klopp however the German has lots else to focus his thoughts because the three-horse race for the title enters the essential Christmas season.
Liverpool are second within the desk, some extent behind Pep Guardiola’s Metropolis and one forward of European champions Chelsea.
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