Loss to Red Devils sealed The Lions’ Fate

By: PRAISE EKENE

The Lions 28-year football in the English top flight football was confirmed over yesterday thanks to their 1-0 loss at Old Trafford to the Red Devils.

Villa’s drop to the Championship has looked inevitable for much of the season but Marcus Rashford’s goal finally ended any chances of a miraculous escape, comfortably dispatching Eric Black’s men and keeping the pressure on fourth-placed Manchester City.

They have won none of their last 13 Premier League meetings with Manchester United (W0 D3 L10). Aston Villa have been in the Premier league since its inaugural in 1992-93.

Aston Villa’s relegation is the earliest from the Premier League since Portsmouth went down with five games to go in 2009-10 (Villa have four left).

So far this season in the Premier League, ‘The Lions’ have a total of 16 points from 34 games, scored 23 and lost 24 games.