Steven Gerrard has admitted his time as Aston Villa manager 'wasn't to be' just hours after he was brutally sacked from his first managerial role in the Premier League.
The former Liverpool captain was dismissed less than an hour after the Villians' 3-0 defeat to newly-promoted Fulham at Craven Cottage. Goals from Harrison Reed, Aleksander Mitrovic and an own-goal from Tyrone Mings condemned Gerrard's side to defeat in west London and left them hovering above the relegation zone on goals difference.
That was enough for the club's owners, Nassef Sawiris and Wes Edens - who were in attendance at Craven Cottage, to cruelly pull the trigger on the 42-year-old just moments after he had declared in his post-match press conference that quitting his position was not on the cards.
