Saturday 21 November 2015 19:34, UK
Remi Garde insists his Aston Villa side will fight for every available point in the battle to stave off relegation after losing 4-0 at Everton.
Romelu Lukaku and Ross Barkley scored two apiece for the Toffees at Goodison Park in a result that leaves Villa stranded at the foot of the Premier League table on five points.
Despite the heavy defeat, new Villa manager Garde saw signs of improvement from the 0-0 draw against Manchester City two weeks ago in his first match in charge and vowed to fight to stay in the top division.
"I learn that everybody is very concerned," said the Frenchman. "Nobody is in doubt. I think it is important. We all know the task, the mission is very difficult but nobody will let the team down.
"We have played two very good teams, City and Everton. Today it was a bit better than against City. In the second half we had a few shots on goal, which was better. The confidence in the team is quite low so we have to work very hard and everybody has to make more effort than we did. I still think that we have qualities in the team but we will have to show that.
"It would be very stupid from me to think it [relegation] is done. There are still a lot of points to be in the game for every team. We will fight for every point starting from the next game against Watford."
Barkley broke the deadlock after 17 minutes and Garde found his side 3-0 down at half-time. He lamented their poor start but was encouraged by their second-half showing.
"I think we played a very, very good team," he added. "All these players are used to their manager to play in a certain way. They did it very well today. Even if you know how we play, it was hard today.
"When you score the first goal it is always very important. I thought that we could carry on with one goal down. We didn't create in the first 45 minutes, especially the last 30 minutes. The first half was very poor on our side.
"The second half was a bit better. Of course we are already 3-0 down. The second half was quite encouraging because we tried. We tried to score but we didn't, unfortunately for the team and the players."
Garde said he was "very impressed and very touched" by the rendition of La Marseillaise before the game in memory of the 130 people who died in last week's terrorist attacks in Paris.
He said: "At the moment in France it is quite terrible, everybody is quite scared.
"When you are scared and you know everybody, every country around you is with you, it is very warm in your heart. I felt something very special. I thank all the English people everywhere who have showed us this tribute."
