Aston Villa manager Paul Lambert insists Christian Benteke will soon be back to his best.
The 23-year old Belgian striker has failed to score in his past seven Premier League outings and has netted just four times this season as opposed to 23 in all competitions last term.
However, Lambert is keeping the faith with the former Genk ace who he feels will hit his straps sooner than later.
"I'm pretty sure Christian's a victim of his own success but he's created that himself," said Lambert ahead of Wednesday night's trip to Southampton.
"There's nobody he can blame for that other than himself because he set a really high standard for himself and when you fall below it, that's what can happen.
"The challenge is for him to bounce back from that. People forget how old he is, they think he's been around for years. I'm pretty sure he'll come back from it.
"I think the fact he hasn't scored for a while will affect him but that's normal. I was fortunate enough to play with some world-class strikers and I saw them having little barren spells.
"Everybody comes through it and Christian is the same. He just needs a goal to set himself back on that road."
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