Tim Sherwood sacked by Villa
Coloccini red for foul on Fletcher
Johnson tucks penalty into bottom corner
Jones stabs home from close range
Fletcher volleys home from cross
'Confidence drained after equaliser'
Danny Murphy
Ex-Liverpool midfielder on MOTD2 Extra
Quote MessageThey could have got a draw out of the game. It wasn't that game in isolation. It was the games before. Sometimes it's how you lose. As soon as Swansea got the equaliser, the confidence drained out of them.
Saturday's 2-1 home defeat by Swansea proved to be Sherwood's final game in charge of Aston Villa...
Appointed in February, Tim Sherwood reached the FA Cup final and led the club to a 17th-placed finish in his first season in charge, but has won one of 10 league matches this term.
Villa have not won since the opening day and are four points from safety.
Sherwood has overseen just 28 games in all competitions - the shortest spell of any permanent Villa manager.
'Too many players have not been good enough'
Danny Murphy
Ex-Liverpool midfielder on MOTD2 Extra
Quote MessageI actually think he did well keeping them up. He deserves credit for that. That question mark for me would be the recruitment of the players that have come in. Too many of them haven't been good enough.
Image source, PAFormer Sunderland midfielder Jack Colback has a shot but Aleksandar Mitrovic deflects it wide. The Serb was offside anyway so it didn't matter where it went.
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Scott Wilcox: Rodgers: Lost two best players, sacked. Sherwood: Lost two best players, sacked. Learn to not sell your best players.
Lee Shore: Rodgers to Villa is a gimme. Good coach, Premier League experience & if relegation is unavoidable, championship experience too.
Tim Mann: I just don't see how Villa can justify Sherwood sacking? Big error in my mind! Hope they go down now, club's gone stale!
Georginio Wijnaldum plays a one-two with Aleksandar Mitrovic and forces a save down low from Costel Pantilimon.
The Dutch midfielder must be in the confidence of his life after scoring four against Norwich last weekend.
Sunderland 0-0 Newcastle
The fouling king Cheick Tiote comes in with a late challenge on Adam Johnson but escapes with a warning.
What a man - seconds later, before I can even finish that entry, he takes Yann M'Vila out of the equation and is shown a yellow card.
Ridiculous. Short odds on him being sent off now I'd guess.
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Matt Price: I think that's Aston Villa relegated in all honesty: no fight, no drive, no manager, nowt.
Steve: Sherwood doesn't have the skills yet to change things round at Villa. The club need a miracle worker, he is not one.
Desmond Oguda: I am surprised Gary Lineker calls Sherwood's sacking "an insanity"... I think it was the most sane thing to do now.
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Aleksandar Mitrovic flicks a header wide of the far post for Newcastle, Sunderland haven't gotten into this game at all.
Over at the Stadium of Light, Newcastle have had the best of the opening 10 minutes - with 72% possession.
Jack Colback plays a ball straight out for a goal-kick to whistles from the home crowd, who don't like him too much after he swapped red and white for black and white.
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Michael Mada: Villa are a more poisoned chalice than Sunderland. Get a good contract for a few months, then get out there.
Ted Tayler: Sherwood is a decent bloke. Villa are a club in freefall. As a lifelong Bluenose I'm smiling like a Cheshire Cat!
David M. Gullever: I’m a Sherwood fan (still grateful for the great work at Spurs) – great young manager (bad decision AV) – see you soon again Tim.
I was discussing with a colleague the other day that Villa would surely be a great club to take over for a rich businessman? Based in England's second city - in the middle of the country - with a good fanbase and a strong history. Not to mention a famous ground.
No reason they couldn't emulate, say, Chelsea or Manchester City, surely?
Aston Villa have now confirmed the news., external
"The board has monitored the performances closely all season and believes the results on the pitch were simply not good enough and that a change is imperative.
"However, the club would like to place on record its sincere thanks to Tim for all his efforts during a difficult period last season. We wish him well in the future.
"Assistant manager Ray Wilkins, first-team coach Mark Robson and performance analyst Seamus Brady have also left with immediate effect and do so with our best wishes.
"A search for a new manager has commenced and the squad will be managed in the interim by Kevin MacDonald."
Image source, Getty ImagesThe fewest number of games by a manager ever before a sacking ever at Villa...
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Sally Smith: What is the higher life expectancy these days - a mayfly or a Premier League manager?
Simon Paice: 'Tactical Tim' has gone from Villa. No surprises really. Average signings, no fight in his side and poor tactics all round.
Alex Jeffers: I do feel sorry for Sherwood, not even a cup final could save a relegation threatened club? Seems very short-sighted.
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Newcastle captain Fabricio Coloccini has the first chance of the game. Aleksandar Mitrovic flicks on a free-kick to the defender, but his flying volley is touched around the post by Costel Pantilimon.
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A couple of early tackles flying in - classic derby fare. Three free-kicks for Newcastle within 90 seconds.
Under way at Stadium of Light. Can Sunderland make it five wins in a row.