Aston Villa manager Steven Gerrard has vowed his misfiring side will improve ahead of their Premier League clash with Chelsea.
Villa have won just twice this season and were jeered by their own fans following Monday’s 1-1 draw at Nottingham Forest.
The team are currently 16th in the table and sit just three points clear of the relegation zone. Villa are unbeaten in their last four, drawing three, and Gerrard believes they can get better.
“We know – and I’ll say it as loud as you want me to say it – that we’re not firing on all cylinders,” he told a press conference.
“But there’s also a lot of things right in terms of how we look. Our structure defensively, the effort and commitment of the boys, we’re getting a lot of players back into better form.
“We know that the last bit, the execution part, will come. Players will step forward and take these moments. A little bit of confidence or belief in a big moment or a bit of luck can go in our favour and we can get there and start firing on all cylinders.
“All is not wrong in my eyes. I’m seeing a lot of good stuff. The players are seeing that as well and we’re reminding them of it.
“When you say, ‘four games unbeaten’, it sounds better than it is because we know the last two should have been six points from six, and we’d have been talking about the best place Villa have been in since I’ve been in the door.
“The margins are small and fine but we’re well aware of where we should be. That’s on me and that’s on us.”
Leon Bailey is available for the squad along with Matty Cash. However, Boubacar Kamara (knee), Diego Carlos (knee) and Lucas Digne (stress fracture) remain out.
Villa have seven games remaining before the World Cup break. Gerrard’s men will follow their home match against Chelsea with arguably must-win games against Fulham and Brentford.
The 42-year-old remains one of the favourites to be the next Premier League manager to lose his job. Southampton boss Ralph Hasenhuttl and Leicester’s Brendan Rodgers are also under pressure.
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