Colin Calderwood relieved with Aston Villa's win over Burton
Colin Calderwood was relieved Villa overcame a bout of nerves to win their sixth Championship match in a row.
Villa twice built up a two-goal lead, but Burton kept snapping away until the final whistle blew on a 3-2 success for the hosts at Villa Park. And assistant manager Colin Calderwood was pleased to see Villa maintain their challenge for automatic promotion.
“We are very happy with the win although we were a little nervy near the end,” said Calderwood. “We got the job done, but it proved the danger of the opposition irrespective of their league position.
“We conceded a couple of strange goals which is unusual for Villa and hopefully it will not occur again.
“We got nervy when there was only one goal in it and you need your experienced players, who rose to the occasion.
“But credit to Burton for the way they kept themselves in the game. It typifies what the division is all about. The bottom teams will keep going at you and the enjoyment in this division is that it is unpredictable. Burton never gave up and they are a credit to honest football.
“They punch way above their weight and they were never out of the game although we thought we should have controlled moments of the match better than we did.”
