Steven Gerrard is under increasing pressure at Aston Villa after his team became the first in the Premier League to be beaten by West Ham this season.
The Hammers had lost all three of their opening matches against Manchester City, Nottingham Forest and Brighton, but left Villa Park with a much-needed 1-0 win on Sunday afternoon. Pablo Fornals scored the game’s only goal, thanks to a healthy deflection off Ezri Konsa, to ensure Villa left the pitch to loud boos from the home fans.
Villa, who had a Konsa goal disallowed after Lucas Digne’s corner went out of play, have now lost three of their four Premier League matches, with their three points coming from a 2-1 win over Everton. What made the defeat all the more galling for Gerrard was that West Ham’s victory owed much to a tactical move by his opposite number, David Moyes.
