VIDEO: Southampton 1-0 Aston Villa - Armstrong Gives Southampton a Crucial Win
Adam Armstrong's early goal helped Southampton continue their Premier League revival as they inflicted a fifth defeat in a row on Aston Villa.
Gathogo Wanjiru Dean Smith's side is short on confidence and got off to a disastrous start with Matt Cash failing to clear a long ball and Armstrong smashing in a sensational first-time effort from 20 yards.
Villa was a mess in the first half and Southampton could have led by several goals at the break, while the visitors' Anwar el Ghazi was lucky to avoid a second booking for a blatant dive.
Asked if he will be given time to turn round Villa's form, he said: "I have no idea.
"I have never had any control over that so I never worry about it. I always concentrate on my job day to day and continue to do that.
"I am very confident if given time that we will turn it around with the squad we have got, and the players we have got coming back [from injury]."
Southampton moves up to 12th, while Villa remain only three points above the relegation zone before everybody else plays this weekend.
