Aston Villa striker Darren Bent has warned his side that they need to start picking up some Premier League wins to avoid being involved in the relegation battle.
The Midlands club are currently in 15th place in the standings, seven points above the dropzone, and the England attacker has admitted that he fears that his side’s top flight status could come into question.
“This season we don’t want to be dragged into it,” the marksman told Mirror Football.
“We just need to start picking up more results.
“We’ve got a few games which, on paper, people will say these are your best chances of getting points. After that we’ve got some seriously hard games.
“So we want to make ourselves as comfortable as possible by the time the bigger games come up.
“There have been occasions when we’ve had goal leads and had slow starts and we have to improve that as a team.
“I can’t remember the last time we got back-to-back victories but hopefully we can get a top-ten finish,” he concluded.
Villa take on Wigan at the DW Stadium on Saturday.
By Gareth McKnight
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