The Holy Trinity: Aston Villa conclusions from shambolic Premier League draw v ten-man Sunderland

Villa's bad start gives way to Villa just being bad – and in desperate need of change

The supporters are angry. The players look lost. The manager is showing all the signs of sliding into a serious struggle.

Aston Villa are in bother in the Premier League. There’s no sugar-coating that and nor should there be.

Unai Emery and his players have credit in the bank, no doubt, but the performances they’ve served up in the first six matches of this season in all competitions have been nothing short of atrocious. It’s going to cost them, big time.

Villa took their third point of the season with another shocker of a display, this time against a newly promoted team that played an hour with ten men.

There’s no defending this. It has to improve and it has to improve now.

Here’s your Holy Trinity of match conclusions from Villa’s 1-1 draw with Sunderland at the Stadium of Light on Sunday.