Lambert sacked as Aston Villa manager

The tipping point for Paul Lambert and his increasingly fragile tenure at Aston Villa arguably came when the team sheets were submitted for the match against Hull on Tuesday.

Without a win in nine Premier League games and mocked for being by far the lowest scorer in English football, Villa was about to start a huge match against a rival for relegation without its top striker, Christian Benteke, who was dropped to the bench.

A limp Villa lost 0-2, a banner proclaiming "Lambert Out" was spread across the section of away supporters at KC Stadium and within 24 hours, Lambert was fired.

So, the Premier League is without a Scottish manager for the first time and the reputation of a coach who was one of the most admired in British football three years ago has been shattered.

With 13 matches left, Villa is in the relegation zone.

Lambert acknowledged in a statement he probably took too much on at a club that has been in turbulence in the last few years under the ownership of American businessman Randy Lerner.

"My initial remit," Lambert said, looking back at the time he took over in June 2012, "was to conduct a massive overhaul of the playing squad, lower the overall wage structure of the playing staff and achieve this whilst keeping the club in the Barclays Premier League."

Lambert attempted to do this with a minimal transfer budget and by concentrating on youth. "When I came on board ... Randy Lerner warned me that I was embarking on the toughest challenge of my working life and he was not wrong," Lambert said.

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