Lambert not too worried by Villa’s lack of goals

Paul Lambert is not losing any sleep over the collective lack of goals from his team and insists he boasts enough striking talent to turn things around.

The Aston Villa boss saw his side slip to a 2-0 reverse at QPR last night, a fifth straight Barclays Premier League defeat.

That statistic alone will be galling for Villa fans but the fact they have not seen their side score a goal in nearly nine hours will be of equal concern.

A brace from Charlie Austin settled this unspectacular affair as the 25-year-old struck in either half to move QPR off the foot of the table and take a little pressure off his manager Harry Redknapp.

Having come up short against Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester City and Everton, with an aggregate score of 11-0, Lambert was looking to get back to winning ways at Loftus Road.

But, with Christian Benteke still working his way back to fitness following a prolonged injury layoff, Lambert believes his Belgian striker — as well as the rest of his forward line — will soon show what they are made of.

“I tend not to get them down on that,” he said of his forward players’ lack of goals.

“They will come out of the traps on Sunday (against Tottenham) and I know we are going to be all right in that department because when Benteke gets up to speed and, with (Gabriel) Agbonlahor, (Andreas) Weimann, (Charles) N’Zogbia and (Darren) Bent, there are guys there with goals in them and it will happen.

“My main concern was we had that much of the ball that we had to score with it, but you have to defend when you are on top.

“Benteke’s injury was really severe and that was only his second game. It is a long time out and he might take six or seven games to get up to speed. “