Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers has hailed his influential captain Steven Gerrard as arguably the best holding midfielder in Europe today. The veteran has just been shortlisted for the Player of the Year award, and Rodgers feels the England captain deserves all the praise in the world, and more.
“I think his form sometimes gets lost a wee bit with Steven because his leadership quality in the team is there for all to see. We mustn’t forget that he’s arguably the best in European football in a controlling role at this moment in time.”
“There’s not many players who can do what he can do – be one of the best attacking midfield players in Europe and then switch to be arguably the best controlling player.
“You look at the holding players in European football now at the top teams, I wouldn’t swap him for any of them, because of what he can give the team.”
Since the turn of the year, Gerrard’s perfroamances have been on the rise following a stuttering start to the campaign. Liverpool now find themselves in the hunt for their 19th league title, which would be their first in the Premier League era. Gerrard is playing like a man on a mission, and will be the backbone of Liverpool’s midfield for the final four games of the season,
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