MX23RW : Saturday, November 23 17:49:23| >> :60:2829:2829:

Aston Villa's Paul Lambert slams Swiss FA over Philippe Senderos injury blow

Aston Villa boss Paul Lambert criticises the Swiss FA for their management of Philippe Senderos, who picked up a calf injury on international duty.

Aston Villa manager Paul Lambert has accused the Swiss Football Association of 'mismanaging' the situation surrounding Philippe Senderos's fitness.

The defender is expected to be sidelined for around a month after picking up a calf injury while on international duty with Switzerland last week.

The 29-year-old had only just recovered from a thigh problem, and Lambert believes that the Swiss FA are at fault for the injury blow.

"That's the one I'm not happy about at all, Philippe," Lambert told reporters. "He is the one which has annoyed me the most. He went away with his national team and if you look at his record he has only played six minutes, against West Ham, for a month.

"He goes away with Switzerland and ends up pulling his calf in a training exercise. It's mismanagement from the FA in Switzerland. They should have been in dialogue and seen his record in the first place and that he didn't play for a month.

"It's okay for them to go away and think 'we have only lost a centre-half' but we have lost a centre-half for a month again, who has been a vital part of the team."

Villa have failed to grab a win from their last seven Premier League games.

ID:189209: cacheID:189209:1false2false3false:QQ:: from db desktop :LenBod:restore:2174:
Restore Data
Share this article now:
David Silva of Manchester City runs with the ball past Philippe Senderos of Aston Villa during the Barclays Premier League match between Aston Villa and Manchester City at Villa Park on October 4, 2014
Read Next:
Senderos suffers calf injury
>
rhs 2.0
Today's games header
Tables header RHS
TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Liverpool119112161528
2Manchester CityMan City117222213923
3Chelsea126422314922
4Arsenal126422112922
5Brighton & Hove AlbionBrighton126422116522
6Nottingham ForestNott'm Forest125431513219
7Aston Villa125431919019
8Newcastle UnitedNewcastle115331311218
9Fulham125341717018
10Brentford125252222017
11Tottenham HotspurSpurs1151523131016
12Manchester UnitedMan Utd114341212015
13Bournemouth124351617-115
14West Ham UnitedWest Ham113351319-612
15Everton122551017-711
16Leicester CityLeicester122461523-810
17Wolverhampton WanderersWolves122372028-89
18Crystal Palace121561017-78
19Ipswich TownIpswich111551222-108
20Southampton11119721-144


Sports Mole provides in-depth previews and predictions for every match from the biggest leagues and competitions in world football.
Argentina's Lionel Messi kisses the World Cup trophy after collecting the Golden Ball award on December 18, 2022Sign up for our FREE daily preview newsletter direct to your inbox!