Those post-match quotes from Gerrard are quite funny now...
They have won just two of their first eleven games this season and Gerrard has now been punished for their poor form.to a 14th place finish last term but had been expected to push the Midlands club higher up the table in the new campaign.“Aston Villa Football Club can confirm that head coach Steven Gerrard has left the club with immediate effect,” read a Villa statement.The beauty of a sacking coming so soon after a game is that post-match quotes often age awfully.
“If you look at how we performed at the weekend I wanted to build on that but got the opposite. We were second best in the first half and were lucky to still be in the game,” Gerrard told Amazon Prime. “I’m in a position and will try to find the answers but I will not disrespect my players. We just did not turn up tonight – it’s very difficult to praise them after this performance.”
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