Resilient Aston Villa delight Lambert

[Shola Sholaz]

Paul Lambert hopes Aston Villa can continue to show their resilience after earning a vital win over West Ham to boost their relegation battle. Villa have surrendered leads in three Premier League draws during 2013, but survived a late Hammers onslaught to move out of the bottom three.
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"It's a huge win for us. We have been in positions of being goals up in a few games," said Villa boss Lambert.
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"The pleasing thing is we have hopefully broken the camel's back now."
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A penalty from Christian Benteke and Charles. N'Zogbia's free-kick put the home side in command at Villa Park, before Ashley Westwood's late own goal set up a tense finish.
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But Villa held on to clinch their first Premier League win since a 3-1 success at Liverpool on 15 December.
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They held a two-goal lead against Everton last weekend before eventually drawing 3-3, while West Brom also battled back from a 2-0 deficit against Lambert's side last month.