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Paul Lambert says goals concered against QPR were 'really poor'

Aston Villa boss Paul Lambert rued the two "really" poor goals his side conceded in 2-0 defeat to QPR on Monday.

The reversal adds to Villa's woes following their own difficult run of fixtures, which saw them lose to Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester City and Everton with an aggregate score of 11-0.

This would have been seen as a more winnable encounter but, despite his shot-shy strikers, it was at the back where Lambert felt let down.

"I thought the two goals we lost were really poor," he said. "I think that is the most we have had of the ball, possession-wise, but that is why I'm never one for stats. The main stat is putting the ball in the net and keeping it out.

"I thought we defended poorly for the two goals. We have got to be more clinical in the last third of the pitch but the two goals are disappointing because we had most of the ball."

Christian Benteke is still working his way back to full fitness following a serious ankle injury and Lambert has full faith in his Belgian forward and his teammates to end their near nine-hour run without a goal.

"I tend not to get them down on that," he added.

"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 tonight 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."

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