6 hours Ago By Daniel Hepburn
Ever since arriving at Brighton & Hove Albion from Boca Juniors in January 2020, Alexis Mac Allister has gone from strength to strength – and with north of 150 Premier League appearances under his belt, he sure knows what it’s like to operate in the engine room. After dancing on the coast in the blue and white colours of Brighton, none other than Liverpool swooped in – and the Reds’ initial outlay of £35 million has proved a bargain when you consider his performances since joining in the summer of 2023. GIVEMESPORT Key Statistic: As of April 26, Mac Allister has plundered 39 goal involvements in 163 Premier League outings.
In that time, he’s faced plenty of tough midfielders – from Declan Rice to Rodri – and he was recently tasked to rank between Manchester City’s soon-to-depart Kevin De Bruyne , Chelsea icon Frank Lampard and Liverpool royalty Steven Gerrard . Mac Allister Ranks De Bruyne, Lampard & Gerrard The 2022 World Cup winner, one of the Premier League’s best midfielders right now , recently spoke to Sky Sports and ranked a host of categories – from the hardest accent to understand in the current Liverpool squad to the biggest Argentinian football legend. Sky Sports also gave him three choices – De Bruyne , Lampard and Gerrard – and he was asked to rank them from best to worst.
In a general conversation about De Bruyne, he said: “The one I’ve watched the most was, of course, De Bruyne because of the age!” Kevin De Bruyne, Steven Gerrard, and Patrick Vieira are all among the best midfielders in the league's history. The presenter then asked, on the back of the Belgian publicly announcing his decision to leave at the end of the 2024/25 campaign, whether he’ll be a big miss to English football – and, in particular, the Premier League’s prospects of remaining at the top. “100% – I think he’s a really tough opponent but, as a player, I think you enjoy when you play against good teams and good players.
So, I really enjoy playing against him.” Since he arrived on English shores, Santa Rosa-born Mac Allister has locked horns with De Bruyne on eight different occasions – he’s reigned supreme twice, both in the 2024/25 Premier League campaign with his current Merseyside-based employers. Onto the rankings, it should come as very little surprise that Gerrard, a Liverpool icon by virtue of his dedication and performances, is at the summit of Mac Allister’s list.
“Then, another fantastic player that I used to watch when I was a kid in Argentina – yeah, it’s Steven. A legend of this club. From what I hear and from what I’ve watched, Steven is the first.
" De Bruyne, Lampard, Gerrard - Premier League Statistics Statistic De Bruyne Lampard Gerrard Appearances 284 611 504 Goals 71 177 121 Assists 121 115 97 Player of the Month Award 0 8 6 Titles 6 3 0 Reeling off the imposing Scouser’s never-ending bag of tricks, Mac Allister waxed poetic about the midfielder-turned-tactician. “He had everything! Personality, mentality, technique, physically he was good. He was the most complete player.
De Bruyne, 33, was ranked second while Lampard, who Mac Allister lauded for his box-crashing exploits, was ranked third. A terror in the final third, Lampard is the only midfielder to be in the top 10 of the Premier League’s all-time goalscoring charts. “Second, Kevin de Bruyne.
And Frank Lampard is third – he was a really good player, he loved to get in the box, his shooting was amazing, but Kevin is a really good player. All statistics per Transfermarkt - correct as of 26/04/2025.
