Aston Villa's Paul Lambert: I was right to axe Matt Lowton

The right-back has been fined and was dropped for Saturday's 2-2 draw at Liverpool for disciplinary reasons after he was late on Friday.

It is believed Lowton was stuck in a traffic jam on the M1 and had to take a diversion and failed to arrive at Bodymoor on time.

Lambert confirmed the 24-year-old had been punished and said they will move on from the incident.

"Matt was late for training yesterday he's been disciplined by the club," said the boss

"He'll come in for training on Monday and that's it now dealt with.

"He'll be available for selection for our next game against West Brom a week on Wednesday."

Leandro Bacuna replaced him at right back at Villa lost a 2-0 lead to draw at Anfield after Daniel Sturridge and Steven Gerrard's controversial penalty – after Luis Suarez was went down under Brad Guzan's challenge – saved Liverpool.

Andi Weimann and Christian Benteke had put Villa 2-0 up in the first half and Lambert was proud of his team.

He said:"Since I have been here, they have been excellent in the whole scheme of things. Not many teams come here and play two up front.

"We gave it a go. We attacked and tried to win. They were excellent and I always felt we looked threatening on the counter attack.

"You have got to defend here really strongly because of the way they play. But I thought we were excellent for the whole game."