Aston Villa captain John McGinn hailed the manner of their 1-0 win against Southampton on Friday night.

Villa won via Jacob Ramsey's goal on the evening.

McGinn later said: "It's huge. We've been criticised this season for not grafting but tonight we fought for every ball. It wasn't pretty but it feels good.

"If I was watching on the television I would've turned it off. We graft week in week out but it's a waste if we don't perform at the weekend. I'm delighted of players like Phil [Coutinho] who have proved people wrong with good performances tonight.

"We have not been on great form. We are not clicking and creating enough chances but tonight, when we got the goal, we stayed strong. We limited Saints to very few chances and it's a huge win going into the international break.

"I was dreading going up to Scotland with a draw or a defeat so it will make the drive up a bit sweeter."