Football: O'Leary - Leeds win should 'shut up' critics

David O'Leary believed Leeds' performance answered the critics as his side came back from a goal down to beat Aston Villa 2-1.

Goals from Lee Bowyer and Ian Harte gained only their third away league success of the campaign.

But O'Leary now hopes that the West Yorkshire club have now turned the corner following a run of bad results before the game at Villa Park.

O'Leary said: "I think that result would have shut a few people up, although we rode our luck a bit at the end when Paul Merson showed some typical magic.

"We gave a silly goal away but I thought in the first 45 minutes we passed the ball a lot better than we have been doing.

"We have been letting ourselves down a lot and the off-the-field disruptions have made things not very enjoyable.

"But the bottom line now is about getting results and points on the board.

"The silly thing is we have been flying when we have come to Villa the last couple of years and ended up getting turned over whereas it's been the opposite with tonight.

"There was no outstanding player out there but the team worked hard for each other and were hard to beat. It's an excellent result for us."