Fulham vs Aston Villa LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
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The pressure piled up on Aston Villa manager Steven Gerrard as his listless side slumped to a 3-0 defeat at Fulham in the Premier League on Thursday.
The former England captain endured chants of “getting sacked in the morning” by the home fans as Harrison Reed and Aleksandar Mitrovic scored for Fulham before a Tyrone Mings own goal completed Villa’s misery.
Reed’s powerfully-struck shot in the 36th minute gave Fulham a deserved lead after they had gone close several times.
Villa’s cause was not helped when Douglas Luiz was shown a red card just past the hour mark for an off-the-ball clash with Mitrovic and Matty Cash unluckily conceded a penalty for handball trying to block a shot.
Mitrovic converted for his eighth league goal of the season and Villa’s night went from bad to worse when Mings deflected a Neeskens Kebano cross into his own net.
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It's an unconvincing clearance from Mings as he slices Pereira's free-kick out for a corner. The Brazilian swings that set-piece in too and Mitrovic rises highest to thump a header towards goal, but he's deemed to have pushed Konsa and the foul goes against him.
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Villa win a free-kick, but they look disorganised as Luiz steps up to take it. His cross is cleared by Fulham, but Villa recycle it through Young. He clips it into the far post for Ings, but his header is straight at Leno.
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CHANCE! Fulham have picked up where they left off in the first half. Reed gets the better of McGinn and pulls a great ball back to Mitrovic. He's unmarked, but slips as he hits the shot and it flies just wide of the near post.
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Gerrard was a frustrated figure on the touchline and wasn't helped as his side went off to boos from the away fans. Villa haven't been able to keep up with the pace Fulham set and they'll need to make big changes if they want to get back into this game. Silva will be asking for more of the same though, with Fulham causing problems all over the pitch.
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