Blackburn Rovers boss Paul Lambert admits he was "happy" to be sacked by Aston Villa.

Lambert endured a dismal three-year spell at Villa Park which culminated in his sacking in February 2015, with Tim Sherwood appointed as his successor.

"The lads at Villa at that time gave us everything, there was never one time where I walked away and thought we had thrown the towel in," Lambert told Sky Sports.

"We just found things hard towards the end. As I've said before, Villa is a great club, always has been and always will be, but I knew my time was up.

"Some of the things that were going on were never right so when it [the sacking] did actually happen, I was delighted it was going to happen."