Aston Villa owner Randy Lerner has told the players to stay "in charge of their own destiny" in their bid to avoid relegation. Villa are only five points clear of the Premier League bottom three ahead of Saturday's clash at Liverpool.
Villa boss Alex McLeish said:
"He said a few words about Stan and said we were all standing toe to toe to support him.
"But he also told the players to be strong themselves and be in charge of their own destiny for the remaining eight games.
"He told the lads to have the confidence and belief in themselves and for the youngsters to really make a go of it.
"It was good for (Lerner) to do that with the boys."
But McLeish has faith in the youngsters he is having to play.
He said: "At the end of the day, if you are good enough, you are old enough and it doesn't matter about age." "Randy went to see Stiliyan (Petrov) on Monday and the following day came up and spoke to the lads.
