Aston Villa boss Paul Lambert insists he doesn't fear losing his job.

Lambert, who won the Champions League as a player with Borussia Dortmund in 1997, insisted he knows how to handle the heat.

"Listen, if you saw me before the European Cup final that was pressure," he said, after Villa drew a fifth straight league blank.

"I thought my a*** was going to fall out of my shorts.

"No, no. Pressure? High-level football? I'm fortunate, I've been at the top level playing in European Cup finals and things like that, so pressure is part and parcel of my nature. It's part and parcel of the game of football.

"You have to handle it. I'm strong enough to handle it."