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Aston Villa beat Southampton 1-0, ease pressure on Gerrard

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Aston Villa's head coach Steven Gerrard celebrates with Aston Villa's Lucas Digne at the end of the English Premier League soccer match between Aston Villa and Southampton at Villa Park in Birmingham, England, Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. Aston Villa won 1-0. (AP Photo/Rui Vieira)

Aston Villa further eased the pressure on manager Steven Gerrard with a scrappy 1-0 win over Southampton in the English Premier League earned by Jacob Ramsey's 41st-minute goal on Friday.

The midfielder's first goal of the season lifted Villa to 13th place - tied on points with the visitors - with a victory that built on its battling point against Manchester City two weeks ago.

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