Steven Gerrard rues familiar Rangers issue as Aston Villa boss admits Edouard threat came back to haunt him

Steven Gerrard harked back to his days at Rangers as he bemoaned a lack of "ruthlessness" in Aston Villa's draw with Crystal Palace.

And the former Ibrox boss admits his old Celtic rival Odsonne Edouard played his part with the aerial threat he brought to the table.

Gerrard has endured a mixed start to life at Villa Park with a lack of consistency preventing them from hunting down the European spots.

They conceded late against Palace as Jeffrey Schlupp's strike dented their prospects of a top half finish.

A lack of ruthlessness was something he criticised at Rangers before his Premier League return. After a 1-1 draw with Motherwell in September, he insisted his players "only had themselves to blame" in a game they "should have won 3 or 4 nil."

And it was the same story as he spoke to the media after the Palace clash as he said: "We needed to take control of that and take maximum points today but my players are frustrated and I really like it.

"Hopefully, we can take that frustration out on Burnley on Thursday night because if we want to be a more consistent team at home, we have to be more ruthless and clinical in front of goal.

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