Steven Gerrard hailed the manner his Aston Villa gamers were in overall control in their victory over Southampton and picked out one man for unique praise.
The Villans made it back-to-returned Premier League wins with two dreams in every half at Villa Park. Ollie Watkins and Douglas Luiz gave the West Midlanders a 2-0 1/2-time advantage. Philippe Coutinho and previous Saints striker Dany Ings made positive of the factors after the c programming language.
The result sees Villa in 11th spot inside the desk and one in all four golf equipment on 33 points. They have now scored six unanswered desires of their beyond two outings.
And Gerrard felt there had been greater available no matter the dominant scoreline.
“It might have been larger, with out Fraser Forster it may have been 5 or six,” he told BBC Sport. “We deserved a smooth sheet – we had a collective cohesion nowadays, we worked hard and placed our our bodies at the strains.”
And the former Liverpool and England midfielder defined what impressed him maximum about his expenses’ overall performance.
“We scored 4 impressive goals, and that they were all distinctive,” he brought. “What thrilled me was the fact that we managed the game. I don’t suppose everybody can take that far from us.
“All of the good play – and the good teams continually have that base that is difficult to play towards and they paintings difficult for each different – and then your first-class gamers do the task within the very last 0.33 and I think that was the case we did nowadays.”
