In the early morning of December 15, Beijing time, in a match in the 13th round of the Premier League, Villa challenged Norwich, who was at the bottom of the league, away. In the end, 90 minutes later, Villa won 2-0 and Gerrard won his fourth victory in charge of the Premier League. After 6 games, except for the loss to Manchester City and Liverpool, Gerrard won the rest of the games, scoring 12 points.
As last season's Premier League dark horse, Villa did not get off to a good start to the season, and the team decided to change the coach and found 41-year-old former Liverpool star Gerrard. After taking office, Gerrard immediately led the team to get two consecutive wins out of the decline, and the 41-year-old Englander was also a candidate for the best coach of the month.
In their opening game in early December, Villa faced the formidable Manchester City and lost 2-1 at home, with Gerrard suffering his first defeat in charge of the Premier League. Such a loss, whether it is for Both Villa and Gerrard fans, is an acceptable result.
Villa did not falter after the loss, and then they defeated Leicester City and returned to the victory track. But on the schedule, it is indeed unfavorable for Villa. Just as Villa was about to take off, they ran into Liverpool again, only to face their old club, Gerrard's side, losing 1-0.
In 2 games against the giants, Villa led by Gerrard performed remarkablely, although the final loss, but also showed the Englishman's coaching level, this round against the bottom of the Norwich, Villa is obviously a favored side. In the first half of the game, Ramsey used his personal breakthrough to successfully break the deadlock on the field, and Villa led 1-0 at halftime.
Back in the second half, Villa was slow to extend their advantage, but the threat posed by Norwich at home was also quite limited. In the 87th minute, Watkins successfully scored a goal to extend the advantage for Villa, and Gerrard's team finally laid the winning game, winning 2-0 and sending their opponents to a three-game losing streak in the Premier League.
After the match, Villa's ranking temporarily came to 9th. Before Gerrard took over the club, they were only 15th in the rankings, on the verge of relegation, and they have now moved up 6 places in a row. Originally, everyone thought that the achievements of Gerald Su Chao were not worth mentioning. But at present, it seems that the coaching ability of Liverpool's celebrities is far beyond everyone's imagination. It can be said that if it were not for the encounter with Manchester City and Liverpool in the past 6 games, Gerrard would have even achieved better results.
In the next half a month, gerrard's opponents are Chelsea and Manchester United, which is also a test of Liverpool's coaching ability in two very important games.