A 3rd minute error puts Villa behind before a 47 minute physical, territorial and footballing onslaught puts Spurs on the rack. Five minutes into the second half Villa concede against the run of play and collapse.

Steven Gerrard has now lost four consecutive League games. Dean Smith lost five before being sacked in November.

Steven Gerrard’s Premier League Record: Played 20, Won: 40%, Drew: 10%, Lost: 50%

Dean Smith’s Premier League Record: Played 87, Won: 32%, Drew: 18%, Lost: 50%

Steven Gerrard takes charge of his twentieth Premier League game and delivers a tenth defeat. In so doing Gerrard eclipses the managerial loss rate that was set by Tommy Cummings across 64 games between 1967-68 and 1968-69. 50%. 

Steven Gerrard’s loss rate over 21 League and Cup games is 52%. Only Rémi Garde (57% across 23 games) and Tim Sherwood (57% across 20 games) have worse records for the club - achieved when Villa were relegated in 2015-16. 

Villa’s defeat is their biggest at home since January 2020 when they gave Danny Drinkwater a debut. 

John McGinn makes his 140th appearance for the club (137 Starts) to make it W53 D50 L57, 16 Goals, 17 Assists and 38 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Emiliano Buendía makes his 30th appearance in a Villa shirt (21 Starts) to make it W9 D4 L17, 2 Goals, 4 Assists and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Danny Ings makes his 25th appearance for the club (20 Starts) to make it W9 D2 L14, 5 Goals, 5 Assists and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Lucas Digne makes his 10th appearance for the club to make it W3 D2 L5, 1 Assist and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career. Digne leaves the field early for the third time in four games since his £27 million move to the club. Good job Stevie G turfed Matt Targett out on loan to Newcastle eh?