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Rangers manager Steven Gerrard reveals Jurgen Klopp advice

Steven Gerrard reveals Jurgen Klopp advice
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Rangers boss Steven Gerrard reveals that Liverpool counterpart Jurgen Klopp gave him the "best bit of advice" he has received in his managerial career so far.

Rangers boss Steven Gerrard has revealed that the "best bit of advice" he has received in his managerial career so far came from Liverpool counterpart Jurgen Klopp.

Gerrard carved out a legendary playing career at Anfield, scoring 186 goals in 710 appearances for the Reds in addition to winning 114 caps for England.

The former club captain went on to work under Klopp as a youth team coach at Liverpool, and the 39-year-old has revealed that the German gave him the best advice of how to prepare himself.

"The best thing I ever did was to go away from the cameras in the beginning. I had a real honest and open conversation with Jurgen Klopp for a couple of hours and the advice he gave me was: 'Don't go into this as Steven Gerrard with the name on your back," Gerrard told UEFA's official website.

"Go back to the beginning and strip it back like a car. Get your pitch confidence and get used to tactics and different formations. Try things, make mistakes and get it horribly, wildly wrong. Experiment and do all these things away from the camera but before you test yourself in the Europa League, before you test yourself in front of thousands and thousands of fans – put yourself in a better position before you go in there.

"Because I've seen tons of footballers with their names on their backs go in there and it doesn't work.' That was the best bit of advice. I don't think I will ever get a better piece of advice than that. Strip it right back and go back to the beginning.

"I have made mistakes over the last couple of years as Rangers manager but the trick is to learn from them. But this is a job where it's impossible not to make them because you're up against so many other good coaches."

Gerrard took over as Rangers boss in 2018, winning 68 and losing just 18 of his 113 games at the helm so far.

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