Steven Gerrard’s tenure as Aston Villa supervisor ended after a 3-0 loss to Fulham on Thursday. Villa mentioned Gerrard “left the membership with fast impact” following the defeat at Craven Cottage.
The announcement got here shortly after the previous Liverpool and England midfielder vowed to struggle on, regardless of the membership’s followers calling for him to be fired.
“It’s robust,” he advised Amazon Prime. “I’m a person, I settle for it, I really feel their frustrations, I’m annoyed. It was a tricky night time for me personally.
“We are going to see what occurs. I’m a fighter, I’ll by no means, ever stop something whether or not it’s soccer or in life.”
Villa managed simply 4 wins in its final 22 Premier League video games beneath Gerrard relationship again to March.
The loss at Fulham left it one spot above the relegation zone, stage on factors with 18th-place Wolves.
“We want to thank Steven for his exhausting work and dedication and need him effectively for the long run,” Villa added in a quick assertion.
The Liverpool nice was employed final November in a Premier League return that many anticipated would finally result in the supervisor’s position again at Liverpool, the place he performed 710 matches — many as captain — and is extensively considered one among its greatest gamers.
The 42-year-old Gerrard joined Villa after a 3½-year stint in Scottish soccer the place as a first-time head coach he remodeled the fortunes of Rangers and ended the long-time dominance of Glasgow rival Celtic.
Villa completed in 14th place final season.
The previous England midfielder performed 17 seasons for Liverpool and retired as a participant in 2016 after 1½ seasons with the LA Galaxy of Main League Soccer.
Gerrard’s former Liverpool supervisor Brendan Rodgers provided his sympathy.
Rodgers managed Gerrard at Liverpool, in fact.
“I’m bitterly disenchanted for Steven, he did a implausible job at Rangers and the ambitions at Villa, I assume, are to be difficult for Europe,” he mentioned. “I consider with time and endurance he might have gotten to the place that soccer membership needs to go.”