Aston Villa

Aston Villa: Jan Bednarek is handed his full debut, replacing Matty Cash. Ashley Young makes his 400th Premier League appearance, while Philippe Coutinho ...

Of course we know their strengths, we know some weaknesses that we should exploit as well, and we are ready for the match. This is a big evening for the ageless wonder that is Ashley Young. Tonight begins what may prove to be the pivotal stretch of Villa’s entire season. Three wins in their next three, and Fulham could be sitting very pretty indeed. I’m here to fight every single minute of every day and I’ve got every belief and confidence in myself that I can change this situation. He is the 42nd player to reach that particular landmark. The oldest....Teddy Sheringham. Willian, Pereira and Palhinha are involved in some clever interplay before the ball finds it's way to De Cordova-Reid on the right. The hosts are really pressing now. He feeds Reed on the by-line whose cut-back pass finds an unmarked Mitrovic before a slip ruins his chance of getting his shot away cleanly. Fulham have dominated the first half. Chances at both ends following the goal.

Fulham host under fire Steven Gerrard's Aston Villa in one of two Premier League games on Thursday evening. The hosts are expected to be without Kenny Tete ...

“For me it is a privilege. “Of course as a manager he has some experience as well in how to deal (with it). “All the other moments make you stronger for sure and make me better every single day and ease the pressure that I put on myself. I took over at a time when confidence and belief was in a much worse place than it is now. I always try to put context in everything. I’ll front this head on, I’m game for it.

Fulham sits 12th with 12 points in its return to the Premier League, three points more than a 17th-place Villa side which expected much better this season.

Villa’s won the expected goals battle in four-straight matches including a loss to Chelsea last time out, but that’s only bagged Gerrard’s men five of nine points. Wide service has been a specialty for the Cottagers, with Neeskens Kebano, Kevin Mbabu, Kenny Tete, and Antonee Robinson all feeding the big Serbian forward. Silva’s Cottagers looking solid: Whether out-producing early-season performances or delivering points off superior displays, Fulham looks a lot better than it did at almost any point in its last Premier League season. So it was meaningful that his healthy players buzzed out of the gates on Thursday, showing support for the boss’ tenure (or at least pride). Villa took 13 of the first half’s 21 shots, putting seven on target. The Cottagers improved their goal differential to minus-1 with the win.

LONDON, Oct 20 (Reuters) - The pressure piled up on Aston Villa manager Steven Gerrard as his listless side slumped to a 3-0 defeat at Fulham in the Premier ...

"Tonight was a tough night for me personally," Gerrard said. [Willian](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/178487/Willian) forced a great save from [Emiliano Martinez](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/158626/Emiliano-Martínez) before Fulham went ahead when the keeper punched a corner out to Reed who took a touch and smashed a shot into the net. [England](/soccer/team?id=448) captain endured chants of "getting sacked in the morning" by the home fans and was even abused by the away contingent as [Harrison Reed](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/193246/Harrison-Reed) and [Aleksandar Mitrovic](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/183209/Aleksandar-Mitrovic) scored for Fulham before a [Tyrone Mings](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/181312/Tyrone-Mings) own goal completed Villa's misery. [Douglas Luiz](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/320074/Douglas-Luiz) was shown a red card in the 62nd minute for an off-the-ball clash with Mitrovic and Matty Cash conceded a penalty for handball trying to block a shot six minutes later. [Chelsea](/soccer/team?id=363)] at the weekend, but I got the opposite," Gerrard told Amazon Prime. [Aston Villa](/soccer/team?id=362) manager Steven Gerrard as his listless side slumped to a demoralising 3-0 defeat at [Fulham](/soccer/team?id=370) after going down to 10 men in the Premier League on Thursday.

Fulham have piled even more pressure on Steven Gerrard after beating Aston Villa 3-0 at Craven Cottage.

His arm was away from his body, however, and Oliver points to the spot. Mitrovic gets a shot away from a tight angle and it strikes Cash on the hand at close range. Mitrovic got on the scoresheet not long afterwards, winning a penalty after catching Matty Cash on the hand with a shot inside the area. Luiz moved his head towards his opponent and Mitrovic went down in a heap, leaving Michael Oliver, the referee, with little choice but to show the Brazilian a straight red after a VAR review. Neither Martinez nor Mings were able to keep out Harrison Reed, however, with the Fulham midfielder scoring after a period of sustained pressure. Emi Martinez twice denied Willian and tipped over a curling free-kick from Andreas Pereira, while Aleksandar Mitrovic twice headed off target from menacing positions and, around the 15-minute mark, was only denied the opener after Tyrone Mings cleared off the line.

Steven Gerrard's fate may have been sealed as his Aston Villa side were beaten 3-0 by Fulham on Thursday night.Gerrard was already fighting to save hi.

The midfielder made no mistake, taking a touch before firing the ball past Emiliano Martinez into the net. To pile on the misery Fulham added a third late on when Tyrone Mings turned the ball into his own net. The result was sealed when a penalty was awarded to Fulham following a handball by Matty Cash.