Remi Garde feels shame at Villa defeat

Aston Villa manager Remi Garde felt "humiliated" as Liverpool ran riot to inflict the hosts' heaviest-ever home Premier League defeat.

The Villa chief admitted he was sorry for the fans, scores of whom walked out before the final whistle as the Reds thrashed them 6-0.

Garde said: "We underperformed so badly that I feel very sorry for the Aston Villa fans, because they are always behind us if we are fighting but didn't fight on many occasions.

"I feel humiliation when you concede six goals at home without scoring. It's very painful. We don't have time to moan too much, we have to concentrate on the next game.

"I have a lot of feelings, but I will keep some for myself. The first 15 minutes we were not too bad, but we gave them the first goal.

"We have 12 games to go, there's still the possibility to win these games and we have to fight for it. I will find 11 or 18 players who still have the desire to win those games."

Garde also labelled it his worst result as a manager, after Villa suffered their 16th defeat of a wretched season.

When questioned about Villa's lack of fight, he said: "I saw that as well. In the previous weeks and games it was not the case. I always knew this was a very fragile situation.

"To keep fighting, it's not easy but you can imagine I didn't ask for something different today. I haven't got much explanation in that."

The Frenchman was quick to state that despite the heavy defeat, Villa still maintain hope of staying up.

He said: "It is only one game and then of course as I said earlier, Liverpool is a very good team with so many talented players.

"Hopefully, we won't play such a good team every week until the end (of the season). But I still believe we can win games and, hopefully, it will be enough to be safe."