Lampard was one of four Chelsea players to win more than caps for his country, with Petr Cech Czech Republic, , Ashley Cole England, and Drogba Ivory Coast, contributing to a total caps for the Blues. The cost of that side?
Phil Neville, who played alongside the pair for England and against them for Manchester United and Everton, told BBC Sport they were "always driving each other on to be better".
You are inspired by the biggest challenges. Maybe he looked at Frank as part of a great team, winning league titles and other cups - whereas he made Liverpool a good team by his own performances. As players of such similar style and stature in the game, leaving the Premier League for the MLS only furthered the Lampard-Gerrard debate.
However, it was the former West Ham, Chelsea and Manchester City man who turned a stuttering Stateside start around to eventually make the bigger impact for his club, scoring 15 times including his th career goal. Lampard on Gerrard: "There were many a night I can recall Stevie driving from midfield at Anfield and I tried to reverse that at Chelsea and be our driving force.
We get on very well, particularly in our latter years. It's nice to come up against Stevie. Gerrard on Lampard: "When that whistle goes and for 90 minutes when we are competing against each other it is war.
We fight against each other, we always have. And when it's over there is a mutual respect there. He's a phenomenal goalscorer from midfield. I play in the same position myself so I understand how difficult that is.
Following some fantastic battles on the field, will Gerrard and Lampard renew their rivalry in the technical area? Gerrard is set to begin his coaching career at Anfield, where the Liverpool legend will work with the club's youth teams. He was linked with the manager's job at League One side MK Dons last year but said the opportunity had come "too soon" for him.
Lampard, meanwhile, has said he will study for his coaching qualifications with the Football Association - meaning they could yet line up in opposing dugouts.
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Other articles published on Nov 10, Latest Videos. Dynamo Kyiv. FC Bayern Muenchen. Manchester United. Leicester City. Aston Villa. Brighton and Hove Albion. ATK Mohun Bagan. Kerala Blasters. NorthEast United. SC East Bengal. Jamshedpur FC. FC Augsburg. DSC Arminia Bielefeld. VfL Wolfsburg. However, the year-old ultimately paid the price after the Southampton defeat left Villa just two points and two places above the relegation zone. Thank you for the memories, Dean. Merson , who spent four years at the club between and , sympathised with Smith and believes his impressive work warranted the opportunity to turn their fortunes around.
But the former Arsenal man has urged his old club to consider replacing Smith with either Lampard or Gerrard. While Merson acknowledges it would be difficult to persuade Gerrard , who guided Rangers to the Scottish Premiership title last season , he feels the lure of the Premier League would be tough to turn down. It's going to be hard to prise Steven away, he's managing a massive club in Rangers.
He's got them buzzing again; he stopped Celtic winning 10 in a row, they are in the Europa League, and they've got a chance of winning the Scottish Premiership. Everyone wants to manage in the Premier League; that is no disrespect to the Scottish Premiership.
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