Lambert happy with Villa progress

Paul Lambert insists Aston Villa are a different football club now from the one which made an embarrassing Capital One Cup semi-final exit to Bradford seven months ago.

Villa were firm favourites to book a place in last season’s Wembley final but it was the lower league Bantams who progressed 4-3 on aggregate, while the struggling midlands club were left to stave off the threat of relegation from the Barclays Premier League.