Liverpool Legend Voted Greatest Premier League Midfielder, Defeats Paul Scholes and Frank Lampard

• Liverpool icon Steven Gerrard has been voted the best midfielder in Premier League history by football fans
• Gerrard defeated long term rivals Frank Lampard of Chelsea and Manchester United’s Paul Scholes in a twitter poll voted for by English fans
• Gerrard scored 186 times in 710 appearances for Liverpool but missed out on a Premier League title before his exit from the Reds in 2015

Steven Gerrard has been voted as the greatest Premier League midfielder ahead of Chelsea legend Frank Lampard and Manchester United’s Paul Scholes.

Gerrard who made 710 Premier League appearances for the Reds scoring 186 goals in the process but missed out on the ultimate prize of winning the league title.

According to a report via Sports Bible, the 41-year-old took 43.8 percent of the votes casted in a twitter poll defeating Scholes who finished second with 28.3 percent and Lampard who got 18 percent in third.

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The result from the twitter poll seems shocking to most Premier League fans as to how Gerrard who never lifted the league trophy topped the likes of Scholes who won the league 11 times for Manchester United.

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Meanwhile, Aston Villa defender, Tyrone Mings says manager Steven Gerrard is taking the club's players to limits they didn't know they could attain.

Gerrard has overseen an upturn in Villa's fortunes since taking over in November, putting the club 11th in the Premier League table ahead of their encounter with Leeds on Wednesday night.

According to a report via Eurosport, Mings says the former Liverpool captain has instilled a winning mentality in the current set of players at Aston Villa.

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Inter Milan hosted Mourinho’s AS Roma at the San Siro on Tuesday, February 8 for the quarter-final of the Copa Italia, with The Special One facing a side he has very fond memories of.

In 2008, Mourinho became Inter Milan boss and famously helped the Nerazzurri to the treble in 2010.