Aston Villa manager Paul Lambert has taken the time to praise star striker Christian Benteke for his impressive performances this season.
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Villa signed the Belgium international from FC Genk for £7million during the off-season, and he has impressed since his arrival.
On Saturday, he bullied the Manchester United defence and Rio Ferdinand in particular.
Lambert spoke of his delight at the 21-year-old's display while labelling him a 'proper number nine.'
The Scot said: "I think he's not just a strong player, his technique is terrific and for someone who is just 21 he can be anything he wants.
"Christian keeps going. He's a brilliant guy as well. His character is terrific but my God, he's a proper number nine. He did give the United centre-halves a run for their money.
"The players can take great confidence from leading against Manchester United. It will make them grow a bit. You can see they are a young side but you wouldn't have thought that the way they played.
"They played with a lot of maturity, a lot of discipline in their game and I can't fault them for the way they went about it."
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