ASTON Villa boss Paul Lambert felt a second-half tactical switch had swung today’s FA Cup tie in his side’s favour.

Villa failed to register a shot on target in a goal-less first half but new signing Carles Gil and Andreas Weimann fired Villa into the fifth round after the restart.

Lambert said: “I am delighted to go through. I thought we deserved it. I thought we were fantastic.

“They were two unbelievable goals – the first one was world-class. Carles is a real talent. And Andi’s goal, with the timing and movement, was excellent.

“In the second half, we were a lot better. I thought we dominated the game. We looked lively.

“Bournemouth are a good side but we were very good in the second half.

“I thought the middle of the pitch was too congested in the first half. We changed it at half-time and played a different system.

“I thought it worked great for us. Bournemouth came and put five in the middle. They normally don’t do that.

“There was not much space so that’s why I changed it at half- time. I put Carles wider and it stretched the game.

“We looked really good in the second half.

“The lads have had a hard time and been criticised a lot but I thought they deserved a lot of credit for the way they played today. I thought they were excellent.

“They were playing against a team who have been winning a lot of games.”