Stephen Warnock believes Aston Villa have become 'hard to beat'. A close-knit squad have drawn upon a battling spirit which sees them enter every game confident of taking something from the contest in question.

He told AVTV: "We're really battling at the moment but we need to turn the draws into wins somewhere down the line. I'm sure that will come.

"But we're looking solid and hard to beat. Teams don't like playing against us because they know we can mix our game up.

"We can play physically and go toe-to-toe but we can play good football too. Teams don't like that."