Aston Villa boss Paul Lambert admits only winning will end the jeers.

Lambert has come under fire with home fans calling for his head for the first time during their FA Cup win over Blackpool on Sunday.

"It is never nice to hear (criticism from fans),' he said, after five league wins this term.'It probably won't help the team when they hear that but you can't stop anybody shouting, the only way is by winning.

"But the last three games has seen teams sit in against us. It is difficult to break that down but we have had chances. If you look at the first minutes of games we have had chances and if they go in it becomes a different game.

"We have to find that creativity spark to unlock it when it is as tight as that. We had 752 passes against Blackpool and we had 69 per cent possession and 60 per cent of that was in their half, so it is not as if we are playing in our own half.

"If teams sit in you have to be patient and knock on the door. Leicester being the home team, maybe they will come at us. But if you are to do any good in football though you have to have a strong defensive corner stone.

"We are the fifth best in the league which indicates we are doing something right there. The last thing is get it right in the final third and be more dynamic."