Intro:

Reaction after Aston Villa and Sunderland draw 0-0 in the Premier League.

Script:

SOUNDBITE: (English) Aston Villa boss Paul Lambert
"I agree with Gus (Poyet) 100 per cent what he said the other day. You're trying to sell a product -- two games in three days is nonsense. There's no quality with that. It's hard for players to do that. I understand having a game on Boxing Day -- that's tradition but you have to play two days later. It's not normal. You stop in Germany, you stop in Spain, climates that are warmer than ours."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Aston Villa boss Paul Lambert
"It was just a matter of being patient and trying to wear Sunderland down and obviously Fabian (Delph) being sent off was a big blow but all credit to the lads. We kept on knocking at the door. We could have won it. We had chances to do it at the end so it's a big point."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Sunderland boss Gus Poyet
"I think we lost a good opportunity to win. Disappointment for not taking the three points, especially after the sending off. It was a great opportunity to win it. I think we tried too hard, we went a little crazy, we lost the shape, willing to go and score. We didn't do the right things -- but we tried. That's where we are at the moment"

SOUNDBITE: (English) Sunderland boss Gus Poyet (about the sending off of Villa's Fabian Delph, who Poyet worked with when he was assistant manager at Leeds)
"It's the way he plays. I really like him. I feel sad a little bit for him today. I think he didn't deserve that but, like I said, it was a little bit dangerous and we need to be fair with the referee as well."