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Aston Villa boss Smith happy for fans after late, late Watford win

Aston Villa boss Dean Smith was delighted for the fans after their stunning late win over Watford.

Tyrone Mings proved the matchwinner with a scrambled injury-time goal.

Smith said, "Villa Park's an important place for us in this league. We've got to put in performances and get results. I thought we deserved that today.

"I think it was quite apt. We scored in the 95th minute and there probably could have been ten minutes added on at the end.

"Watford came here to slow the game down and kill the game and get our supporters against us. I think it worked the other way and our supporters got behind us even more."

He also revealed: "We're still working on a system that we're getting used to and tactically the players are getting better. We just need a bit more ambition in the final third and what I mean by that is if Matt Targett's crossing, I want Freddy Guilbert arriving at the far post.

"At half-time we showed them clips of what they'd done well and things we needed to do better. We went out and showed a lot of belief in the second half."

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