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Remi Garde insists his worries have not increased despite watching his rock-bottom side suffer their biggest defeat of the season.

Villa were battered at Goodison Park and were lucky not to concede more in what was by far their worst display of the season.

Garde is tasked with keeping this side in the Premier League but if he is to pull off what will already be deemed a Great Escape, he’ll have to break records along the way.

No team has survived with so few points at this stage of the season, yet Garde is refusing to throw in the towel so soon.

“I knew the situation when I came here and nothing has changed,” he said. “Nothing will change until the last game we play.

“The journey will be crucial for us and other teams, too. It’s a long way. Some days will be good. Some will be bad.

“We just have to know that. I knew that before. I’m not more worried than I was a few days ago.

“I knew after the (Manchester) City game it was a good start but we were not safe.

“It will be difficult right to the end but I saw a group of players who were very focused and concerned.

“I don’t see them doubting. This is my main concern that everybody must keep that.”

Garde will mix things up in training this week but he isn’t tempted to cancel the usual day off.

“That’s not the way I think,” he said. “The planning session is done. It was given to the players a week ago and we’ll stick with that.

“What might change is what we do different on the training ground. I will change it after what I saw.

“We didn’t defend very well after the first goal. Before that we were not in too much trouble.

“After that first goal it’s always a crucial time in the game because you’re fragile.

“We showed just how fragile we are after that. We could have done much better.

“We didn’t fight to regain the ball. And when you never attack and you don’t keep the ball it’s not possible.”