Paul Lambert insists Villa were hard done to

Manager Paul Lambert felt Aston Villa were done to after one of the goals of the Premier League season so far changed the game.

A moment of magic from Gylfi Sigurdsson saw Swansea City take all three points from Villa on their home turf yesterday.

The talented Swans midfielder curled home a delicious free kick in the first-half to wrap up the win, with what proved to be the only goal of the game.

Lambert said: "I was very pleased with the way we played. I thought we were fantastic the whole game and deserved to take something, we were excellent.

"Coming here, we did to them what they do to most teams. We looked the better side. They scored the goal, albeit our goalkeeper Brad Guzan will probably blame himself.

"But Brad has kept us in games before with massive saves. He's maybe taken a step to his right. He will be disappointed with himself, but Brad has been brilliant for me since I have been here.

"Their goalkeeper kept them in the game at the end, but I was really happy with how we played. We've changed the way we played over the last three or four weeks.

"There's new things we're working on. The lads have been really good with it, they really have.

"It's something I have asked them to do and they have been excellent at it. They are comfortable with it. The way we are playing is really, really pleasing, at the minute.

"The lads are enjoying the way they play. They are enjoying their football, the way we have asked them to do it.

"Sometimes you come off the pitch really disappointed because you haven't played well. But today I am proud of them because of the way they have played.

"I am disappointed to lose the game but I was proud of the way they played."

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