Aston Villa midfielder Steve Sidwell has taken a dig at former club Arsenal after Saturday's win at Emirates stadium. Sidwell said: "That's my personal opinion - that you can get points at Arsenal.

"I don't know whether they maybe don't take their chances as well as Manchester United and Chelsea - those two are maybe more clinical in putting their chances away.

"I thought we deserved the points. Our tactics worked and we need to pick up on this, we need to get more consistency ourselves."

The victory took Villa level on points with Arsenal, and they appear to be the most likely contenders to gatecrash the top four.

"We're all young and hungry to do well," Sidwell said. "You never know. This league is so tight. It's about being consistent.

"When I was at Chelsea last year that was the one thing I learnt - you need to be consistent."