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14 hours ago

West Brom ready to seal Aston Villa's relegation fate says Craig Gardner

Southampton continued their recent slide with a 1-nil loss away to West Brom.

Craig Gardner scored the only goal of the game when West Brom defeated Aston Villa in the Premier League back in December.

West Brom midfielder Craig Gardner is ready to hammer a nail into Aston Villa's relegation coffin -- but admitted he would not wish the drop on anyone.

Gardner wants to secure the Baggies' survival even if it means helping to seal struggling Villa's fate.

The midfielder suffered relegation with Birmingham in 2011 and does not want a repeat with Albion ahead of the Midlands derby at Villa Park on Tuesday.

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By Kevin Hughes

1 day ago

Relegation fears are justified as Aston Villa lose their seventh straight game

Aston Villa sunk further into the relegation zone courtesy of a game-winning goal from Papiss Cisse.

Aston Villa manager laments his side's 1-0 loss that keeps them in the relegation zone.

It seems that Villa have found the perfect recipe for relegation: don't score, don't win games and concede easy, sloppy goals. Saturday's 1-0 defeat at Newcastle was a seventh consecutive loss in the league, and while Tim Sherwood's side worked hard to create goal-scoring chances, the hosts converted one simple opening to take the points.

A cross into the penalty area, a slip by a Villa defender -- against Stoke it was Ron Vlaar who failed to deal with a ball into the box; this time it was Jores...

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1 day ago

Newcastle 1-0 Aston Villa

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Sherwood: we need confidence

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Tim Sherwood plans to put pressure on Aston Villa's players

Aston Villa boss Tim Sherwood tried to see the positives and said he would put more pressure on his players after they failed to score in a seventh successive league defeat, 1-0 to Newcastle on Saturday.

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Villa have found the net just 13 times in 27 games but seemed to be getting closer to finding their form since Sherwood was announced as manager on on Feb. 14.

Sherwood watched on the sideline as Villa beat Leicester 2-1 in the FA Cup, but the two Premier League matches under his watch -- including...

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