Villa’s Mr Brightside keeping the faith

Everton 3 Aston Villa 3

Lambert’s side trail 17th-placed Southampton and safety by three points with relegation a very real threat as the once European Cup winners lie precariously in the bottom three of the Premier League.

The Scot has taken on Villa with an approach of blooding youth while trying to implement a free-flowing passing style which is a polar opposite to Alex McLeish’s side of last term that somehow ground its way to safety in an ugly fashion.