The powerhouse Liverpool forward secured a record-breaking 90 per cent of the vote, while Arsenal’s Alessia Russo topped a wide field to win the women’s award, writes JAMES NALTON
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The only way was down for Villa
KADEEM SIMMONDS looks at a team that could go down as the worst in Premier League history
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Come the end of last season, many predicted Aston Villa to finally turn the corner and start climbing up the table.
In Tim Sherwood they had a promising manager and on the back of the FA Cup final, it was largely ignored that they were outplayed for 90 minutes, the squad would be brimming of confidence and ready to revert to the Villa side under Martin O’Neill.
How everyone was wrong. Once Fabian Delph and Christian Benteke had jumped ship to Man City and Liverpool respectively, they were replaced with a large number of players unproven at this level.
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