Steven Gerrard could have just ‘TWO games to save his Aston Villa job’

 The result puts Villa in 16th place in the Premier League with nine points from 10 games and just one point above the bottom three as fears of another relegation battle loom.

Steven Gerrard’s side struggled in 16th place at the start of the Premier League season

According to the BirminghamMailThe former Liverpool captain could have less than a week to save his job with two games to show improvement, starting with the trip to Fulham on Thursday, followed by a home game against Brentford on Sunday.

However, the statistics make grim reading for Gerrard, who has been in charge for 11 months since replacing his predecessor Dean Smith.

Smith was sacked last November and Villa was also 16th in the standings and just two points away from relegation, meaning the omens haven’t looked good for Gerrard for nearly a year.

The Villa Park outfit survived their second-worst start to a Premier League campaign

After the defeat to Chelsea, they are just a point off the bottom three in the standings

In fact, Villa’s start to the season is their second-worst in Premier League history, only following the disastrous 2015-16 season when they were relegated after taking just four points at the same stage of the season.

Villa’s chief executive officer Christian Purslow seemed far from satisfied with Villa’s result as he watched Villa Park on Sunday, even as Gerrard’s outfit put on one of their better showings of the season in the first hour, until the second goal of the season. Mount effectively knocked out the match for Graham Potter’s team... Read more...