At the end of a week in the city where the Commonwealth Games signed off with a showstopper of a closing ceremony, Aston Villa host Everton on Saturday lunchtime hoping to overcome something of a false start. Steven Gerrard has had plenty to stew over since a listless display at Bournemouth paved the way to an opening-day defeat and his players return to Villa Park hoping to taste victory for the first time since April. Going back to the beginning of spring, Villa have won two of their past 12 matches and Gerrard knows the intense glare on him is going nowhere fast.