Gerrard paid the value after his group have been booed off at full-time by Villa’s livid followers after a wretched show prolonged their winless run to 4 matches.
FILE: Aston Villa’s Steven Gerrard reacts forward of the English Premier League soccer match between Burnley and Aston Villa at Turf Moor in Burnley, north west England on 7 May 2022. Gerrard was fired as supervisor on 20 October 2022. Picture: Oli SCARFF/AFP
LONDON – Steven Gerrard was sacked by struggling Aston Villa after a dismal 3-0 defeat at Fulham on Thursday, whereas Leicester climbed off the underside of the Premier League with a 2-0 win towards Leeds.
Gerrard paid the value after his group have been booed off at full-time by Villa’s livid followers after a wretched show prolonged their winless run to 4 matches.
Having gained simply two matches this season, Villa are above the relegation zone solely resulting from their slight targets scored benefit over third-bottom Wolves.
Former Liverpool and England midfielder Gerrard gained the Scottish title as Rangers boss in 2021, ending Celtic’s lengthy interval of dominance.
But he has been unable to construct on that spectacular work since transferring to Villa Park to switch the sacked Dean Smith final November.
Speaking at his post-match press convention, Gerrard had vowed to avoid wasting his job.
“I’m a fighter, I will never, ever quit anything whether it’s football or in life. We will see what happens. I’ll continue to fight unless I’m told differently,” he stated.
However, simply minutes after Gerrard had spoken to the media, Villa introduced the tip of Gerrard’s first Premier League managerial position.
“Aston Villa Football Club can confirm that head coach Steven Gerrard has left the club with immediate effect,” a press release stated.
“We would like to thank Steven for his hard work and commitment and wish him well for the future.”
Former Paris Saint-Germain and Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino has been linked with the Villa submit, together with ex-Chelsea supervisor Thomas Tuchel and former Burnley boss Sean Dyche.
Fulham kicked off with no win of their earlier three matches, however Villa have been unable to take benefit as Gerrard’s ultimate match produced a fittingly miserable consequence.
Harrison Reed opened the scoring with a fierce strike from the sting of the world after Villa didn’t clear a nook within the thirty sixth minute.
Issa Diop needed to block Ollie Watkins’ effort on the road as Villa briefly threatened.
But Villa midfielder Douglas Luiz was proven a second-half crimson card following a VAR evaluate of an altercation with Fulham striker Aleksandar Mitrovic.
VILLA COLLAPSE
That was the sign for Villa to break down to a second successive defeat after final weekend’s 2-0 loss to Chelsea.
Matty Cash’s handball led to a penalty that Mitrovic transformed for his eighth objective this season within the 68th minute.
Rubbing salt into Gerrard’s wounds, Villa defender Tyrone Mings put Neeskens Kebano’s cross into his personal web for Fulham’s third objective within the 83rd minute.
Elsewhere, Leicester supervisor Brendan Rodgers earned some respiratory house with a victory that dragged Leeds into the relegation combat.
After failing to win any of their first seven video games, Leicester have taken most factors in two of their final 4 matches.
Leicester took the lead within the sixteenth minute when Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall despatched Dennis Praet away down the proper flank.
Dewsbury-Hall’s cross was supposed for Harvey Barnes however Robin Koch slid in and poked the ball past the stranded Illan Meslier into his personal web.
Barnes added the killer second objective within the thirty fifth minute.
Jamie Vardy backheeled to Dewsbury-Hall on the sting of the world and he discovered the unmarked Barnes, who steered his third objective of the season below Meslier.
Leicester’s climb to nineteenth place pushed Nottingham Forest to the underside of the desk, setting the stage for the Foxes’ essential conflict with fellow strugglers Wolves this weekend.
“It is going to be a slow season for us I feel but the players have performed well and we are starting to get some results. Tonight it was very good,” Rodgers stated.
Leeds are languishing in sixteenth after seven video games with no win and solely objective distinction retains them out of the relegation zone because the stress mounts on boss Jesse Marsch.
“Right now we need to fight and we need to stop the bleeding,” Marsch stated.
