Steven Gerrard: Aston Villa and manager part ways after heavy defeat at Fulham

The manager of the club has left the club.

A club spokesman thanked Steven and wished him well for the future.

Villa are in the bottom half of the league with just two wins and only two goals scored.

Dean Smith left his role at Rangers to become the new Villa manager.

He led Villa to only 13 wins from 40 games.

He told the Match of the Day that inconsistency has cost them. In the same situation, I took over the team. We've been trying to get out of that situation.

I am a fighter in my genes. Unless I'm told differently, I'll keep fighting.

It was over an hour later.

John McGinn said it was embarrassing to be a part of it. The travelling fans have been let down by us. We are having a bad night.

Whoever is in charge of that team doesn't matter. The players need to look at themselves in the mirror. It's us who are responsible, not the manager.

The players are hurting just as he is. Tonight, we let him down. We need to put in a performance for him.

The Villa fans were singing anti-Gerrard chants.

McGinn understands the fans' anger. There can be bad feelings towards those shouts. I can empathise with the frustration of the support staff. If you don't perform, you get criticized.

Some of the high-profile players he signed during his time at Villa included Barcelona forward Phillipe Coutinho, Sevilla defender Diego Carlos, and French player boubacar Kamara, who had been linked with some of Europe's top sides.

Carlos suffered a serious ankle injury on his home debut and is likely to be out until the new year with a knee injury.

Scotland's McGinn has made a poor start to the season after being replaced by England's Mings.

Michael Beale left Villa in the summer to become the boss of Queens Park Rangers.

In his first year in charge of Rangers, he guided the club to their first Scottish title in a decade.

He was the manager of the under-18 team at the time.

After winning nine trophies and playing over 700 times for the club, Steven Gerrard retired as a player.

He has 114 international appearances and scored 21 goals.