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Steven Gerrard and Al-Ettifaq players celebrate their second straight league win by dancing and signing in the locker room as his side top the Saudi Pro League
Al-Ettifaq claim second straight Saudi Pro League victory
Steven Gerrard celebrated the victory by dancing and signing in the locker room
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Steven Gerrard has certainly gotten off to a good start as the new manager of Saudi Arabian side Al-Ettifaq.
The former Liverpool midfielder, who took charge of the Pro League club earlier this summer, picked up his second straight league win as manager.
After arriving in July, it took time for the former England captain to claim his first victory as the side failed to claim victory in their first four pre-season friendlies.
But it looks like they are in fine form when it counts, having secured a 2-1 win over Cristiano Ronaldo and Sadio Mane’s Al-Nassr last week and Friday added to that good vein of form with a 2-0 win. against Al-Hazm.
It was a flawless start to their league campaign, with the Commandos joint-first at Saudi Professional League level on six points with Al-Ahli.
On Friday, Steven Gerrard maintained his undefeated start in the Saudi Pro League
Gerrard (right) entered the dressing room to see his players celebrate their second straight win and said ‘It’s only two games’ before joining in the celebrations himself.
And naturally, Gerrard’s team were quite delighted with the excellent start to the 2023-24 season, with a video that has been published put online showing the Liverpool legend entering the dressing room after their win over Al-Hazm on Friday night.
As his side can be seen celebrating the victory, banging on a table in the middle of the room, singing and dancing with joy, the England manager got in on the action raising two fingers before repeatedly repeating: ” It’s only two games!”
Gerrard walked into the crowd of screaming players and said again “Hey! It’s only two games but his seriousness soon died down and the former Aston Villa boss started to join in the celebrations, clapping and dancing on the spot.
With a big smile on his face, he preceded to turn back to the camera and looked equally thrilled with the win.
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The former Liverpool midfielder and Aston Villa boss had a big smile on his face as he turned to walk out of the locker room
Al-Ettifaq was without Jordan Henderson (right) as he recovers from a short-term illness
The start to the season so far has been much brighter compared to how the team started their 2022-23 campaign which saw Al-Ettifaq lose their opening game of the campaign before drawing the second. .
They went on to finish seventh in the domestic league last season, with Gerrard now having made several improvements to the squad, the most notable being his former Liverpool team-mate Jordan Henderson.
Henderson sat out Friday’s triumph over Al-Hazm but made his league debut for the Pro League side against Al-Nassr last week, playing 87 minutes.
He agreed a £700,000-a-week deal to join the Saudi club earlier this summer but was later criticized for the move by a group of LGBTQ+ Liverpool supporters.