Villa's Sherwood defiant

Newcastle - Tim Sherwood insists he can still lead Aston Villa to Premier League survival even though their 27-year stay in the English top flight is under growing threat after a 1-0 defeat against Newcastle United.

Villa slumped to their seventh consecutive league loss after another lacklustre display at St James' Park on Saturday which cost them a chance to climb out of the bottom three.

Sherwood has now lost his first two games in charge since succeeding Paul Lambert.