Aston Villa winger Leon Bailey admitted that his side were not at their best on Tuesday night.

The Midlands club lost their one year unbeaten home run in the Premier League, losing 3-1 to Newcastle United.

As the Magpies bested the Villains, Bailey spoke with Premier League Productions after the game.

Bailey, who came off the bench in the contest, was unable to shift the game for his side.

He told PLP post-game: "I couldn't tell exactly why it was missing tonight. They are a brilliant team. They play good football and have a brilliant structure. They were on it from the first moment and made us work a lot. Scoring two goals early gave us a lot of pressure to come back from.

“They played better than us and they deserved to be two goals up. But in the second half, being Aston Villa, there were hopes of getting an early goal and they got it."

On conceding set-piece goals: "That's a part of their style of play as well. They have big players and are very good set-pieces. We tried to work on our set-pieces but we didn't get it right today. We have to accept that and move on.

"I wouldn't say the level has dropped. This is football. You have City who win games back to back and Arsenal and teams like that and you have times where things don't go your way and the other team is better than you on the day. We just have to bounce back and focus on the games coming up to turn things round. We have to accept the loss and bounce back."

On his display from the bench and Watkins scoring again for Villa: "It's difficult, coming from 3-0 down.

“Coming from the bench is difficult, and I just wanted to give my best and try to push the team forward and get some momentum in the attacking third. I am happy for Ollie to get his 50th goal.

“He has been very important for us and hopefully he can score many, many more goals for Aston Villa."