Boo boys vent fury at Lambert’s flops

NO WONDER Roy Keane packed his bags and left. If it was frustration over Aston Villa’s alarming slump that persuaded the Cork natie to quit as Paul Lambert’s assistant, then there was ample evidence at Turf Moor to explain why.

This was a game Villa should have won. Yet they ended up hanging on for a point after Danny Ings’s 87th-minute penalty cancelled out Joe Cole’s first-half goal and set up a grandstand finish to a breathless, full-blooded encounter.

It is now nine games in a row without a win for Villa – six defeats followed by three draws. Cole’s goal, on his first Premier League start for the club, made him only Villa’s third goalscorer in the competition this season — this being the root of their problems.

But having gone ahead against Burnley they really should have held on.

Their fans know it and added to Lambert’s woes by turning on the manager towards the end.

‘These guys pay their money, I’ve no problem with that,’ said Lambert. ‘That’s what can happen. It’s not nice to hear but that’s football.

‘For most of the game I was happy. I thought we were excellent. It’s the best we’ve played in a few weeks. We should have been two or three up at half-time and some of the football we played was outstanding.’

He had a point. Villa started at a frantic pace but finished nervously. Keane will be more than happy that he wasn’t here to see it.

‘In the end, with the chances we created, you’re scratching your head how we didn’t win,’ said Burnley boss Sean Dyche.