Aston Villa midfielder John McGinn hailed the character shown for victory at Leeds.
Speaking to Villa TV the midfielder admitted he thought Anwar El Ghazi's fifth minute winner might be ruled out – and also went on to praise the display of Ahmed Elmohamady who is standing in for the injured Matty Cash.
Indeed McGinn felt the 33-year-old acquitted himself well against Raphinha – a player McGinn described as one of the best in the Premier League.
He said: “Emi [Martinez] has been fantastic all season so has been the whole back four.
“A big shout out to Elmo, Cashy has been a different class this season but Elmo came in against one of the best payers in the league today and was excellent - full credit to everyone for the clean sheet and another big result for us.
“They came to Villa Park and put three past us so here we had to put it right.
“We got the goal early on and, what we showed was grit, determination and desire, and I'm sure everyone back at home, and everyone in the dressing room is delighted with a massive three points.
“We've got it in us to make this a special season, a few bad performances in the last few weeks, everyone has been involved in that.
“But here it was about rolling our sleeves up, Anwar showing a bit of quality in the first half and after that it was just flinging bodies on the line and doing anything it took to get the three points. And thankfully we did that."
