Aston Villa are now bottom of the Premier League table with five points, having not won since the opening day of the season against Bournemouth.
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At Leicester City it was a goalkeeping error that let them down, while an own goal from Troy Deeney in the final minute of normal time accounted for them against Manchester United.
Aston Villa midfielder Jack Grealish has been dropped from the squad for Saturday’s Premier League game against Watford as punishment for his off-field behaviour, manager Remi Garde said on Thursday.
With five points from 13 games, Villa look a side resigned, seeing as no club has recovered from such a poor start.
Villa have failed to score as well as to shore up their defence despite the valiant showing in Garde’s first game against City.
We’ve got everything you need to follow along as Aston Villa host Watford. All three – Swindon in 1993-94, Sunderland in 2005-06 and Queens Park Rangers three years ago – were relegated, so the outlook for Rémi Garde’s team is clearly not good. And I believe we must play well if we are to win points.
“But if they don’t I’m not going to be crying, let’s put it that way”. They haven’t been too bad this season and have perhaps been the surprise package out of the three newly promoted clubs.
Villa captain Micah Richards made his own contribution, and whipped up the crowd after his header cancelled out Ighalo’s opener.
It was a bitterly disappointing weekend for the Villa, as we again struggled to get shots on goal in the 4-0 defeat to Everton.
New Aston Villa boss Remi Garde is looking for defensive signings in the January window to stop his Villa side leaking goals in a bid to survive.
Gomes waved his arms in obvious distress and was given oxygen on the pitch before being taken off on a stretcher, with the game delayed by eight minutes as a result.
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“I’m not big on stats but I think we’ve run the least in the Premier League – if you’re not prepared to run the extra yard for your team mate then obviously you’re going to concede chances. With every game we do not win it becomes more and more hard”.
