In the early morning of March 11, Beijing time, in a match in the 20th round of the Premier League, Aston Villa challenged Leeds United away. After 90 minutes, Villa led by Gerrard won 3-0 and won an important victory on the road to relegation. After scoring three points in the morning, Villa's current Premier League ranking has reached 9th. After Gerrard took charge, the club was promoted seven places in a row in the league.
The 41-year-old Gerrard is Liverpool's legendary star, who helped The Super League giants Rangers regain the league title last year. At the beginning of the season, Villa did not perform well, sacked head coach Dean Smith and found Gerrard. Gerrard, who received the invitation, did not refuse the opportunity to return to the Premier League, he was decisive, at this time the club only ranked 16th in the league, and the relegation was in jeopardy.
In the first game back in the Premier League, Gerrard led the team to Brighton, resulting in a 2-0 victory. Brighton at this stage can be described as the hard bone of the league, which has forced liverpool, Arsenal and other traditional giants. Gerrard's opening red, injected a boost into the club's relegation, and the team also ended a 5-game losing streak.
In the subsequent game, Villa faced an opponent of equal strength and was basically able to score all three points. In the face of traditional giants, such as Manchester City, Liverpool and other championship teams, Villa is only a small score. As can be seen from a series of games, Gerrard is fully capable of coaching the middle and lower reaches of the Premier League, and the club also buys him to help in the winter window.
Villa Winter Window acquired 4 players, the most notable of which, of course, was the Brazilian Coutinho, who was known as a parallel cargo at Barca, who used to pay up to 130 million yuan in transfer fees. While at Liverpool, Gerald had a brief collaboration with Coutinho, so the two sides knew each other. Gerrard, who knows Coutinho's strength, can be described as giving enough opportunities, and the Brazilian is also rewarding with performance.
In the early hours of the morning game, Coutinho successfully scored and was selected as the best player after the game. After returning to the Premier League, Kubird played 4 goals and 3 assists and 7 goals, second only to Kane in the same period of data. After 5 years, the Ku bird once again achieved consecutive goals in the Premier League, and fans said that the water bird became a god bird.
From hovering around the original relegation zone to now leading the relegation zone by 15 points, Villa has almost no relegation troubles. Gerrard's coaching has given Villa a green light on the road to relegation, and now they are aiming for next season's European games. In the current points table, Villa are 11 points behind Fifth-placed Manchester United, and the former is 1 game short. With 10 or so rounds left in the Premier League, Gerrard's side is definitely a chance.
Gerrard is successful in coaching in the Premier League, but his former nemesis Lampard has a hard time. After taking over Everton, Lampard did not take the team away from the relegation zone, losing four of their five Premier League games. In the latest match, Everton also lost 5-0 to Tottenham. According to statistics, Gerrard's average score per game is almost 3 times that of Lampard, and the former can be described as a complete victory over the latter.