Former Aston Villa boss Graham Taylor says relegation would be "catastrophic".

Villa lost to Liverpool yesterday.

Taylor told the Mirror: "It would be awful if Villa slipped back into the second tier of English football.

"We were fortunate enough to win promotion back to the old First Division, as it was then, at the first time of asking, but the Championship is a fiercely competitive league and there are no guarantees of bouncing back.

"Relegation would be catastrophic, especially with an owner looking to sell the club. It simply can't be allowed to happen."