Ashley Young has welcomed the impact made at Aston Villa by summer signing Stewart Downing.

Young believes Villa are starting to see the best of fellow wide player Downing, who netted his first brace of league goals for Villa since his £12 million summer move from Middlesbrough.

He was sidelined for the first half of the season with the broken foot sustained in a challenge by Villa skipper Stiliyan Petrov in April but has quickly slotted into the side in recent weeks.

Young said: "Stewart has come into the side and he has done terrific for us. He was out for so long through injury and different players take different times to settle into a team.

"But Stewart is a top-class player who has settled in here straight away, and the way he has played means it hasn't looked like he had been out for that long.

"He has been brilliant since he came into the team and he was brilliant against Burnley.

"Goals always boost your confidence but he is a confident player anyway. You see him in training and see him in games so far and he has done some great things."