Former Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez has hailed former Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard as one of the best players he has ever worked with as a manager.

The 64-year-old Spanish coach said: “He ( Gerrard ) is the best player. I have ever coached in terms of a complete player. Stevie has power, he can score goals, he is good in the air. He has both feet and he has an excellent shot from distance.”

“He can take penalties, corners and free kicks. And He can defend if he needs to and sometimes he can play as a full-back And he has a lot of energy, is very well trained and is a professional. And He is a box-to-box midfielder who can play in other roles and always does well.”

Steven Gerrard will forever go down as one of the best footballers ever to grace the field at Anfield. However, the former Liverpool captain’s managerial career has failed to live up to expectations.

After retiring from playing, Gerrard embarked on a coaching career. That saw him take charge of Rangers in Scotland, where he won the league title in 2021. Ending Celtic’s nine-year dominance. However, his subsequent stint at Aston Villa in the Premier League was less successful, ทางเข้า https://ufabet999.app leading to his dismissal in 2022.

Gerrard is currently the head coach of Al-Ettifaq in Saudi Arabia. And there doesn’t seem to be much clamour from European teams to bring him back to elite football.

“He has improved in terms of his positioning on the pitch and decision-making during the game. He was excellent from the start to the end.”

For Gerrard, he is considered one of Liverpool’s greatest captains, playing 710 games in all competitions for the Reds, scoring 185 goals.