Chris Wood's late header helped Burnley knick a 3-2 victory over Aston Villa on Wednesday.

Ollie Watkins opened the scoring for the visiting Villa, only for Clarets captain Ben Mee to equalise early in the second-half.

Jack Grealish put Villa ahead with 14 minutes remaining, but Burnley weren't going away.

Dwight McNeil equalised after 76 minutes when his cross evade everybody including goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez.

Wood gave Burnley the lead three minutes later when he connected on another McNeil cross.

The win is vital in Burnley's survival fight as they now sit on 22 points.

Speaking after the game, Villa boss Dean Smith was frustrated his side didn't take their chances in the first-half.

He said: "The game should've been over at half time, the chances that we created, they were quality chances.

"[Nick Pope] has made some really good saves but the game should've been out of sight. I've just said to the players, it's very tough to win any game in this league and we have started the season so well but you can't get three points the way we played tonight.

"We didn't do the basics well enough in the second half. They were a bit fortunate with the second goal but no excuses. The defending from the set-piece for the first goal wasn't good enough, then they just put a hopefull ball into the box and we didn't defend it well enough.

"With the mentality of these players, I'm disappointed tonight because that's an opportunity wasted. I don't take plusses from this game at all. We did enough to get the points, so not happy."