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Villa boss Lambert: We deserved the win

Aston Villa boss Paul Lambert was delighted with their FA Cup win over Bournemouth.

Goals of Carles Gil and Andreas Weimann earned the 2-1 win.

Lambert was thrilled with the performance and purred at the quality of both efforts from Gil and Weimann.

He said: "I am delighted to go through. I thought we deserved it. I thought we were fantastic. They were two unbelievable goals - the first one was world-class. Carles is a real talent.

"And Andi's goal, with the timing and movement, was excellent. In the second half we were a lot better. I thought we dominated the game. We looked lively.

"Bournemouth are a good side but we were very good in the second half.

"I thought the middle of the pitch was too congested in the first half. We changed it at half-time and played a different system.

"I thought it worked great for us. Bournemouth came and put five in the middle. They normally don't do that. There was not much space so that's why I changed it at half-time.

"I put Carles wider and it stretched the game. We looked really good in the second half. The lads have had a hard time and been criticised a lot but I thought they deserved a lot of credit for the way they played today. I thought they were excellent.

"They were playing against a team who have been winning a lot of games."

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