Aston Villa have announced that manager Steven Gerrard has left the club, after a 3-0 loss to Fulham.
“We would like to thank Steven for his hard work and commitment and wish him well for the future,” a Villa spokesman said in a statement.
The defeat at Craven Cottage was Villa’s sixth defeat in just 11 Premier League games.
Gerrard was appointed in November 2021 on a three-year contract but leaves following a poor start to the season that sees Villa only outside the Premier League relegation zone on goals scored.
The former Liverpool midfielder replaced Dean Smith at Villa Park on November 11, 2021 and lasted less than a year before he became the fourth top-flight manager to lose his job so far this season, following Scott Parker, Thomas Tuchel and Bruno Lage.
The former England captain endured chants of “getting sacked in the morning” by Fulham fans at Craven Cottage and was even abused by the away contingent as Harrison Reed and Aleksandar Mitrovic scored for the home side on Thursday before a Tyrone Mings own goal completed Villa’s misery.
“You know and I know I’m in a difficult position right now,” the 42-year-old said in his post-match press conference. And so it proved.
“I thought I picked a team that could build on the performance [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 understand the situation we are in.”
