"We were in a bad spell and to get out of it we had to get the attitude and mentality right," he said. "We have done that and the players deserve credit for it.
"We are in a position now where a win like that (over Villa) brings you a lot of confidence. We did not play that badly during our bad spell but things were not going our way.
"When that happens you have got to be very strong, especially if you have a young team."
