The Aston Villa management team has dismissed Steven Gerrard. The curtain came down on his role a few hours after the setback at Fulham.
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There was already a lot of pressure on Gerrard’s job before the match against Fulham. Even Mauricio Pochettino’s name was bandied about in English media rumours regarding potential replacements. Those rumours will only spread as time goes on because Aston Villa lost severely at Craven Cottage on Thursday night, winning just one of their previous eight contests.
Fulham got out to a fast start despite not having won since September 16. Soon after, Willian and Aleksandar Mitrovic came close to scoring, but Harrison Reed ended the drought 10 minutes before halftime with a well-executed goal. Particularly when Douglas Luiz was sent off for a headbutt on Mitrovic in the 62nd minute following the VAR’s intervention, Villa remained silent.
Villa was unable to stop with ten men. The Serbian striker himself made the score 2-0 from the penalty that Mitrovic was awarded. When Tyrone Mings scored an own goal following a move by Neeskens Kebano, it turned out that the poison cup for Gerrard was still half full seven minutes from the end. The issue was whether or not Gerrard will suffer as a result of that significant loss. The answer turned out to be a yes.
Gerrard came under fire for the underwhelming outcomes. After the 3-0 loss at Fulham, the former international stated he could understand why the supporters were calling for his resignation at Craven Cottage. “We’ll see, I’m a fighter and I’m not going to give up,” was his last words.
The choice was made for Gerrard by the Aston Villa management. After beginning in November 2021, his employment came to an end practically immediately. When Dean Smith left Glasgow Rangers, he took his place. He had led Rangers to a long-awaited league championship in Scotland. Furthermore, he accomplished it without losing.
