Steven Gerrard has always been, and will always be, Liverpool through and through.Arguably the Reds’ greatest ever player, Gerrard joined Liverpool’s youth academy aged nine and went on to play over 700 times for the club, scoring 186 goals and winning a handful of trophies in the process.Gerrard famously inspired Liverpool to glory in both the 2005 Champions League and 2006 FA Cup finals and left the Anfield faithful with memories they’ll cherish forever.That Gerrard is a Scouser, born and raised in Merseyside, made his remarkable journey from promising youngster to global superstar all the sweeter.Now a manager - and a very promising one at that - it seems a question of ‘when’ rather than ‘if’ Gerrard will end up coaching Liverpool.The 41-year-old has done a fantastic job with Rangers but has made no secret of his long-term ambition to manage his beloved Reds.Gerrard is currently the firm favourite to become Liverpool’s next permanent manager when Jurgen Klopp eventually leaves Anfield and there’s absolutely no doubt that he would be welcomed back to the club with open arms.
Gerrard's reaction to Neil Warnock's joke about Liverpool
After hanging up his boots in 2016, Gerrard spent a couple of years working as a pundit for BT Sport and there was one particularly awkward moment in 2017 when veteran manager Neil Warnock made a joke about the city of Liverpool while sat in between Gerrard and Steve McManaman.
Not exactly the smartest of moves on Warnock’s part. It’s hard to work out what he was thinking.
The trio were covering an FA Cup replay between Liverpool and Plymouth in January 2017 when presenter Jake Humphrey noted that it was just as cold in the studio as out in the stadium.
"I'm fine, I'm from Liverpool. It doesn't bother me, the cold,” McManaman replied.
Gerrard smiled at McManaman’s comment before his face dropped when Warnock joked: “They don’t have windows there, do they?”
Warnock found his joke highly amusing but the two former Liverpool stars next to him certainly did not.
Gerrard reacted by giving Warnock a death stare that seemed to last an eternity before Humphrey said: “Moving on!”
Watch the awkward clip here:
Oh, Neil.
Gerrard didn’t need to say a word to make his feelings about Warnock’s cheap joke crystal clear.
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