Jamie Carragher: Aston Villa are the worst team I've ever seen in the Premier League

Dismal: Aston Villa's loss to Liverpool keeps them eight points adrift of safety
Vaishali Bhardwaj15 February 2016

Former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher has blasted Aston Villa following their 6-0 home defeat to the Reds on Sunday, saying he believes they are one of the worst teams currently playing in the Premier League.

Remi Garde's side were left humiliated in front of their own fans after they suffered a thrashing at the hands of Liverpool on Sunday - Villa's heaviest loss at home since 1935.

The result leaves the club rock-bottom of the league standings and eight points from safety, and Carragher admitted while covering the game for Sky Sports that Villa's abject showing amid the threat of relegation demonstrates why the club is the worst he's ever seen in the top flight - even worse than the Derby side of 2007/08 and the Sunderland team of 2005/06.

"They are an embarrassment and they have been for a few years," he said on Super Sunday.

"It won't be that team in the Championship, they'll change it obviously, but if that team is in the Championship it will be closer to the bottom than the top - there's no doubt about that."

He added: "I said at half-time they are one of the worst I've seen and was reliably informed Derby and Sunderland may be the worst.

"Forget about what points they are on, I think they are the worst I've seen. I can't remember those seasons. That's as bad as you're going to see.

"I think we've known for a long time they are going down, not because of where they are in the league but because they are the worst team in the league. That's why they are going down, never mind being bottom.

"They are one of the worst teams in the Premier League."

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