Luke Young says Aston Villa's lively starts have been key to their success this season.

The claret and blues followed on from excellent first-half display against Tottenham, with a dominant showing in the opening period against Hull.

And Young told AVTV: "I think it's been pretty similar to the last few home games where we've started really well.

"Right from kick-off we've been at it and have set a high tempo to the game, and we've been getting an early goal, which has been helping us.

"I think the first-half performance pretty much won us the game."