I didn’t include Paul Scholes in this video as I feel Lampard and Gerrard are more similar in playing style and therefore comparable. Also their careers began and ended at very similar times. Obviously Scholes was incredible but not the same type of midfielder.

I think Lampard is very underrated , his otherworldly goalscoring ability is almost to his detriment as people forget how good a passer, chance creator he was. He didn’t stand out as much as Gerrard but that’s because he was very efficient and did stuff under the radar. Check his chance creation and playmaking stats, they are above almost every midfielder.

I am a Gerrard fan, but I am LFC to the core. Lampard, is a fantastic player and if a CFC fan likes him more than Gerrard, then no problem. I don't actually see them as similar players. Gerrard was a true, old school, box to box player, who played multiple roles in midfield, with occassional forays into a 3rd or secondary striker roles. He was clearly faster, and stronger than Lampard, and he seemed to break up play in the middle amd lower thirds of the pitch more effetively. Lampard's strengthes were based on his intelligence, timing, and attacking prowess. He most certainly had a better passing game, he was an excellent tackler higher up the pitch, and I believe a more clinical, consistent finisher. The shame in Englands set-up is they didn't play to eithers strengths anywhere near enough.

I was having this debate back in 2006 as a young teen with my cousin & would go on KZfaq & type Lampard vs Gerrard when they were still playing to see their goals and that. I remember watching clips of their video on those old fat PC. I'm a Chelsea fan & my cousin is a Liverpool fan. In the 00s, we played so many important matches against them. What a time it was to witness it all.

Gerrard- more magical. Lampard- more efficient. Both incredible. I’d go Gerrard, personally, but either one warrants a seat in the discussion of best midfielder in English football in the 21st century.

Lampard was blessed with the best possible ownership situation that spared no expense and built a top 5 team worldwide talent-wise from 2004 on. Gerrard was cursed with the opposite. Various owners who were either cheap, clueless, financially insecure, or even all three. Any difference in their respective impacts on the pitch was negligible, but the gulf between their teams results is easily explained.

You are brilliant man! More of this feature length stuff please. You've got the perfect voice and cadence for a narrator.

Ever since Abramovich bought Chelsea, Liverpool and Chelsea have been forever linked together. The rivalry started at the end of the 02/03 season when Chelsea beat us to clinch a Champions League place, ever since then Liverpool and Chelsea have been right close together as rivals. Then In January 2005 Mourinho wanted Gerrard, Gerrard then ironically scored an own goal in the League Cup final in 2005 which Chelsea won. We then played Chelsea in the 2005 Champions League semi finals which Liverpool won with the infamous “ghost goal”. Gerrard then put in a transfer request to Chelsea after winning the Champions League, then he re signed with Liverpool a few weeks later. In 2006 Lampard came second in the Ballon d’Or with Gerrard coming in third. In 2007 Liverpool beat Chelsea again in the Semi Final of the Champions League on penalties. In the 07/08 season Torres scored his first goal for Liverpool against Chelsea (the club Torres would eventually go to in 2011). In 2008 Liverpool faced Chelsea yet again in the Champions League semi finals with Chelsea winning. in 2008/09 season Liverpool became the first team to beat Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in the Prem since 2004. In 2009 Liverpool face Chelsea in the Champions League for the 4th time in 5 seasons, with Chelsea beating Liverpool in the quarter finals. In 2010 Gerrard does a back pass to Drogba (I think it was Drogba) so Drogba could score and win the match to help overtake Man United to clinch the title. In 2011 Torres hands in a transfer request and joins Chelsea. In 2014 Gerrard slips against Chelsea as Chelsea beat us which dented our title hopes. In 2015 Gerrard’s last match at Stamford bridge, he gets a standing ovation from the Chelsea fans, and later that year gets a letter from Mourinho who always liked and wanted to manage Gerrard.

Lampard is the best… Gelandang box to box paling efektif & produktif dalam assist & mencetak gol.. Memenangkan seluruh tropi klub.. UCL, europa league, premier league, dll. Top skor klub bahkan termasuk kedalam 10 besar top skor liga Inggris sepanjang masa mengalahkan beberapa stiker…

Instead of comparing both players, I choose to appreciate them both for making the game of football fun to watch. I was a liverpool fan then, but I always have much respect for Lampard too. Thanks for your good work in making this video. Love to see more from You.

Would love to see one done on Rooney. You're really good at speaking specifically about the technical and physical attributes that made these players great. All of the videos and coverage of Rooney talk about his intangibles like his passion and his selfless play as if he was nothing but a workhorse. I honestly think you're the only one that could do Rooney justice in that sense. Particularly loved your Adriano video, but this one is tremendous as well.

Harry comments spot on all these years later

Just found your AC Milan video in my recommendations today going through all your videos now, loving it! Keep it up man, great content

Lampard and I'm not a Chelsea fan. Watched both their careers, he was the best all-round midfielder of the decade they played.

Gerrard was a box to box player, who sacrificed part of his career to help his team. Meanwhile Lampard was a alround player, who was able to overcome his onw weakness in the begging of his career. Both were and still is great, but i go with Lampard, which for me was more decisive player in his peak.

They are both great players but my heart goes for lampard anyday anytime, he was just incredible

The most thorough analysis of the two greats of the premier league. Hard to choose one really. Personally I'd go Gerrard being a liverpool fan but you cannot doubt the brilliance of Lampard. The amount of goals he scored.

Keep it up you doing great work

I was born with club foot….how tf did Steven do it🥺 I just gained even more respect for Stevie, people don’t realize how crippling of a thing club foot is. Your channel is god sent. Because I literally never wear shorts because of this defect. And your video just inspired me to stop thinking this is a barrier.

This is football history. Keep it up da good work.

before watching, people really underrate Franks all round game, his passing and chance creation

Lampard was the better player ,see people not saying he's a complete midfielder is a joke he was on par with Gerard as a complete player ,I think Liverpool are always loved by English people that's why he gets more love and votes and pushes the agenda that he's better than Lampard

Amazing Video. Why did it take so long for me to watch this. Keep it up.

To end a debate between this two I would simply say Gerrard was offer big amount by Chelsea but he stayed loyal .. Respect to both

Both Goals and Assist Lampard tops with less Games played than Steven but we can't forget the leadership of Gerrard in Liverpool FC🤟

Wow, superb content on your channel. I'm hooked !

Die hard lampard fan, yet I still chose to appreciate both of these players.

Gerard was a warrior. He Liverpool FC without real top support. He is a captain

Lampard connection with Drogba in the assist category was the best in EPL history till Son and Kane broke it. Lampard is Chelsea record scorer.

Gerrard 2004-2009 was probably the best midfielder in EuropSecond to only to Zidane Lampard more of a no 10 fantastic player though but Gerarrd in klopps champions league and Premier league winning team Wow he would be on another level 👏 Gerrard for me, ⚽️

People seem to forget another aspect, for his whole Chelsea career, Lampard was playing in a Chelsea side which everyone dubbed as a defensive team.

I always think if Gerrard played for Chelsea, he would have won a similar amount of trophies. Don't think Lampard would have if he played for Liverpool.

Fantastic video

Love your works you are an artist keep it up

Lampard had drogba as partner and won two epl during their two first season. Gerrard played with prime torres, babel, he also played with prime suarez, sterling, coutinho, storrige but managed to not win

Gerrard 😍😍 is the best

Radiohead’s Weird Fishes in the background was a master stroke

Great work, two amazing talents. I'm a Chelsea fan so it is understandable if I lean more towards Lampard. But Gerrard was immense and judging him purely on that slip is not fair.

More trophies, more goals, more assists did it at a top level for longer was doing what gerrard was when he had just signed for us then became the greatest midfielder englands ever produced

The transfer of Luis Suarez to Liverpool was not the Liverpool record signing. In the same picture you show of Luis Suarez signing, you also include Andy Caroll, who cost 35 million. The record, at the time, for a British player and, if maths is correct, a higher figure than 22.8 million

Deserves more views!

Gerrard the legend.

Well,I used to be more of a Lampard man but Gerrard has grown on me. I reckon Gerrard was more consistent but Lampard was there in the big matches (he did score that goal at the WC vs Gernany after all).

Keep getting better

I think Gerrard was a better all-round player. Lampard was fortunate that he played in a system at Chelsea where he always had elite holding players behind him (often two) and his main responsibility was in the attacking third. Gerrard had to do everything, I remember Gerrard once in a youth game against West Ham's youngsters playing at right back. I'm not saying Frank wasn't great in that attacking role, he was a superb finisher and very efficient. It's just a shame the England manager/s at the time didn't try a three with Frank ahead of Gerrard & Scholes, rather one of them shoved out wide. A missed opportunity

Lampard greatest of all time

I appreciate both players, I can't choose only one ☯️👌✌

The Premier league's reliance on foreign talent was not to the detriment of the national team, the lack of clear plan and sufficient funding in the correct areas was. The English FA have since put that money in and England now produce proper technical players. Stop blaming foreigners. When English players are good enough, they play. We still don't have good managers though, although Gerrard and Potter MAY change that

Lampard jr all the way and remains the best EPL best midfielder of all time.

Please make more videos 😊💥

I think we should calculate the points won for each club. This should be the most important when comparing players.

This was insightful, thank you so much for a great video. Please make one about Scholes so that his fans will see how little impact he had in his team's winnings

Lampard. Lampard is the underrated one, also. He was a legendary midfielder and in my opinion probably the best in the 2000s after Zidane, banging lots of goals and giving plenty of assists. He was just ike Henry in his prime, but in the attacking midfielder position, or like a more worsened and more consistent Ronaldinho (who only was great during 2001-09). Gerrard was class too, like Scholes, but Lampard was closer to Zidane level, in my opinion.

Lampard is underrated because of his goals. He could do EVERYTHING that a midfielder should be able to, he was not only good at scoring.

Don't know if anyone else noticed but the Assassin's creed soundtrack around the 30min mark is just perfect

Both were amazing...a true example for the youngers.Visca el Barça!

Lampard for me

Lampards pass to drogba against city in 2008 was superb, outside the boot, if players like messi, or debruyne, modric, people would rave about it for months.

GERRARD NO DISCUSSION

You could genuinely argue that Lampard is one of the greatest strikers in EPL history while also being its greatest midfielder. How is this even a comparison fgs?😂 Lampard>>>>

Il stick scholes in aswell…..if gerrard was in the man united and Chelsea teams instead of scholes and lampard , would those clubs still of had the same success? Yes , probably more. If scholes or lampard was in that 2005 Liverpool team that won the cl, would they have had the capability and influence like gerrard to go on and win the champions league with that team around them? I very much doubt it. That’s how you decide who is the better player. Gerrard by a mile.

What is the song playing in the background?

I have no dog in this race but for me it’s lampard, he won everything in club football and was a consistent goal scorer, for a midfielder his numbers were phenomenal. As world class as Gerrard was he didn’t win everything, he scored a lot of important goals but his numbers weren’t as good as lampards when they were both in their peak. Lampard conquered the club game and all the side missions.

Bravo

Gerrard for me but Frank played with more better players overall

Awesome 👏, thanks for the best channel ever

Lampard always!!! Not Chelsea fan!

Great Video! Just a Suggestion, Have put Gerrard and Lampard individual videos season by season when they were playing together that would have made it more interesting and comparison of circumstances at that point of time, easy.

Lampard has much better stats for a reason best midfielder to ever play in the premiere leagues b4 kevin de bruyne bursted into the scene. Gerrard was unbelivable at times but very inconsistent. I always thought xabi alonso was liverpools best player back then.

" right to the very TOP" imagine how many talents English Media tear them apart .

The Radiohead I’m the background is jammin

From a german and without having watched the video yet: Paul Gascoigne for me was the greatest ever.

No matter what people say about Scholes and Gerrard, they might be better or what not, but Lampard could do what they did, even if some might argue not as well. But nobody can argue that Scholes or Gerrard could have ever done what Lampard did, and that is to have such ridiculous output. Scholes and Gerrard were more magical, yes, but I’d rather have a more efficient player. Gerrard vs Lampard argument goes the same but in reverse for Salah vs Hazard. Every argument one uses to back a Liverpool player, works for the other Chelsea player - goals/assists? Lampard and Salah - plays for the better team? Lampard and Salah - main person who carries the team? Gerrard and Hazard - plays so much deeper? Gerrard and Hazard - more magical? Gerrard and Hazard In the end, it’s all about perspective… some people prefer to watch football as an art. Some are passionate for strong results. And that really shifts our preferences

Legends

gerrard can hard carry a team

Lampard was the better player and everyone knows it but wants to push a narrative bcos they played at similar times and wore the same number. If these two players played at two different times and they the same career they had, nobody in their right senses would ever say Gerrard over Lampard. When everyone always talks about Gerrard they always say arbitrary stuff like "memories & moments" and then use that to try and say boost Gerrard over Lampard. Any sane human being would pick Lampard over Gerrard anytime anyday in their starting 11. Men lie, Women lie but Numbers Don't!

What a video

01:42:50: That's the fact. Great content that fairly analyses both players well. Loyal fans of both and Liverpool/Chelsea would usually focus on Lampard's lack of natural talent and Gerrard's reduced amount of success. But you did it well and concluded well. Kudos.

Gerrard would never, say… join Man City and score a game winner against the team he was so loyal to… either. Just to refresh your memory. StevieG the GOAT!!!

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Gerrard!!!!!

Lampard played in a team full of world class players and back by Abramovich money whereas Gerrard played in mostly average teams and and bad ownership and had to carry his team.

What music you used in the video?

I will always pick Lampard over Gerrard any day any time

Gerrard was the better player, not to say that Lampard was bad. However, Gerrard single handedly carried that Liverpool team where as Lampard was one of many great players in a team. I don’t think Lampard would of been able to do what Gerrard did had he been in that Liverpool team instead of Gerrard.

We love style and skills

Lampard is one of the all time greats hands down. To me he's like Ronald Koeman. You can talk for days about what other players could do better but the amount of goals they both scored would put strikers to shame. That being said people tend to forget the pre Abramovich takeover Lampard. Before the Chelsea takeover Lampard was in his mid 20's with about half a dozen England caps to his name scoring 6-8 goals a season. Then he gets Makalele and Essien dominating the midfield and Drogba holding the ball up in the box and he almost overnight became a superstar banging in 20 goals a season. Credit to him for working to stay in that team but that team was perfect for him. Gerrard was world class by the time he was 21. And he literally carried his team for the majority of his career. He didn't have Lampard's stats but he was a machine off the ball. He did way more defensively than Lampard did and was still the second best attacking midfielder in the league after Lampard. Imagine N'golo Kante with 75% of Lampard's attacking stats and that's Gerrard. It's still close in spite of what I said but Gerrard was better. They're the best in PL history though hands down. Zidane told me 😉

Gerrald carried the whole team to win UCL. 3:0 in first half. However, Lampard was always surrounded with world class players and coaches. I admire both. I think they are the same level. Great players.

Greatest English footballer … I thought it was one of the starters from the 1966 WC winners.

A video on Micheal Essien pls

I forgot what World Cup I saw Lampard miss so many goals. He choked big time and could of easily won the golden boot.

This gerrard and lampard debate is literally the exact same but the opposite of the hazard and salah debate. One played in a better team and provided more goals and assists, while the other was a one man magic show and carried an average team at times surrounded by the usual chelsea turmoil of managerial changes and no big signings after good seasons

Gerrard. Better defender, more physical and much faster in his prime. Lampard was a better goal scorer but I think Gerrard made a larger overall contribution

A real leader. A leader. No media

Why does KZfaq want me to rewatch this video all the time?

Lamps goal scoring feats may have done him more harm than good as a midfield general. To sum it up, Gerrard was a moment player, Lampard was a consistent performer. Great work Retro team, class above many out there. 👏🏾

So.... which one is the better premier league manager??

I’m a Liverpool fan wince the early 90’s (from Romania). Gerrard is one of the greatest of all time. But I like Lampard more.

The only thing Gerrard was stopped or i can say didn't help him Liverpool fc average players around him. I wish he got players like van dijk, salah mane and coach like klopp he would have won many. His loyalty and love for Liverpool fc always be his thing

Gerraard ❤❤❤