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Alan Hutton admits hearing the Holte End chanting his name after his winner against Leicester completed his remarkable transformation from zero to hero.

The Villa Park faithful serenaded Hutton with ‘Walking in a Hutton Wonderland’ after his first goal for the club secured a 2-1 win over the Foxes on Sunday.

It continued a shock turnaround with the lyrics of ‘He used to be ***** but now he’s alright’ summing up his revival.

“I don’t get many chances,” said Hutton, who earned glowing praise from Paul Lambert.

“My finishing is very erratic at the best of times, so to be able to bring that down and put it away was brilliant.

“I didn’t know it was the first game at the Holte End since April until somneone told me afterwards. To score at the Holte end is amazing.

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“What a feeling that is. It’s a good feeling, the fans all shouting your name. What a buzz for me.

“There have been ups and downs that’s for sure. I think you have bits like that in your career and it’s just unfortunate the way things panned out.

“But now I’m looking forward. I’m playing and happy and that’s all I want to be doing, that.”

Asked if the goal completes his comeback after two seasons in exile at Villa, Hutton smiled.

“I think so, I have been happy the way things have been doing the last few weeks so to get on the scoresheet is a dream come true.”

Hutton played down his altercation with Paul Konchesky which saw the Leicester defender sent off, while the Villa man escaped with a yellow card after the pair went head to head.

“It’s one of those things,” he said. “Sometimes in games it gets a little bit heated and it’s a massive game for both sides. It’s a reaction and it’s in the referee’s hands. It’s his decision and what happened happened.”

Hutton hopes two victories in a week represents a turning point in Villa’s season after admitting he could understand the fans’ frustrations during the long winless run.

“It’s been massive,” he added. “We are five unbeaten and 11th in the league. No-one would have thought that a few weeks ago so we’re very happy with the way things are going at the moment.

“If you look at our squad when we have everyone fit we have one to rival most teams. Everyone is coming back, Fabian Delph, Ron Vlaar so it’s going to be good competition for places.

“I don’t see why we can’t push up a few more places in the league.

“I understand fans’ frustrations. They come and want to see you winning and playing good football and we have a lot of hard games out of the way with the run we had. We are five unbeaten now and want to get better and better.”

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