Steven Gerrard out as Aston Villa supervisor after 3-0 defeat to Fulham

Steven Gerrard is out as Aston Villa supervisor, the membership introduced Thursday following a 3-0 defeat to Fulham.

“We wish to thank Steven for his onerous work and dedication and need him properly for the longer term,” a Villa spokesman mentioned in an announcement.

Gerrard was appointed in November 2021 on a three-year contract however leaves following a poor begin to the season that sees Villa solely outdoors the Premier League relegation zone on aim distinction after 11 video games.

The previous England captain endured chants of “getting sacked within the morning” by Fulham followers at Craven Cottage and was even abused by the away contingent as Harrison Reed and Aleksandar Mitrovic scored for the house aspect on Thursday earlier than a Tyrone Mings personal aim accomplished Villa’s distress.

“I believed I picked a group that might construct on the efficiency [against Chelsea) at the weekend, but I got the opposite,” Gerrard told Amazon Prime after the defeat.

“We were second best for the majority of the first half and were lucky to still be in the game at half-time, it was down to out keeper making some outstanding saves.

“The performance was nowhere near good enough.

“Tonight was a tough night for me personally. We will see what happens but I understands the situation we are in.”

Villa have only scored seven goals and their struggles come despite Gerrard being backed in the transfer market with Philippe Coutinho, Lucas Digne, Diego Carlos, Boubacar Kamara, and Leander Dendoncker all arriving during his time in charge.

A report on Monday claimed former Tottenham Hotspur and Paris Saint-Germain coach Mauricio Pochettino was wanted by Villa.

Villa’s next game is at home to Brentford on Sunday.

Information from Reuters was used in this report.