Gerrard, a lifelong Liverpool legend and fan, is embarking on his return to the club with Villa. Many had speculated that Gerrard’s first taste of management returned at Anfield might be in the Reds dugout.
The one loss for Gerrard came towards Manchester City. While he now faces every other top-six club, all the talk approximately the conflict with Liverpool is instead about his go back.
For Gerrard, though, he has insisted that he wants to ship a declaration to Reds boss Klopp, a teach he admires.
“I spent many years there, so it brings a smile to my face for more than one reasons,” Gerrard advised his pre-match press conference. “One because I’ve manifestly got a terrific courting with plenty of humans at the membership.
“I had a great time there, a actually properly journey. I’m a local boy and it’s the group I supported growing up and I usually will help that team, of route I will.
“But at the equal time it brings a smile to my face because I’ve were given the possibility to head there and compete in opposition to an amazing group, an excellent supervisor, with the opportunity to attempt to win the game and that’s my handiest recognition.
“I assume the noise is for different people to get enthusiastic about. For me, it’s approximately making ready the crew in the first-class way I can to attempt to get a nice result to Aston Villa.
