Aston Villa won a thrilling derby against Birmingham earlier today.

The home side picked up a 4-2 win thanks to goals from Jonathan Kodjia, Jack Grealish, Tammy Abraham and Alan Hutton.

Lukas Jutkiewicz’s volley gave the visitors an early lead but Aston Villa did well to recover and lead the game 3-1.

Kristian Pedersen brought Birmingham back into the game with a well taken goal around the hour mark but the visitors failed to get back on level terms.

Hutton added a fourth for the home side late into the second half to seal the points for Villa.

Dean Smith will be delighted with his side’s showing in the derby. They are now 8th in the table, just four points behind fourth placed WBA.

The fans seemed delighted with the performance of veteran defender Alan Hutton. The experienced Aston Villa star was excellent going forward and he was ever present at the back as well.

They took to Twitter to share their reactions on his performance earlier.

Never been as confused as I am right now watching Alan Hutton turn into Lionel Messi pic.twitter.com/7W50VGkfAO

— Tom Scholes (@_TomScholes) November 25, 2018

THE HOLTE END RISES FOR THE MAN THEY CALL THE SCOTTISH CAFU

— Has Hutton Scored (@_Alan_Hutton) November 25, 2018

Cult hero. Shag my wife and I’ll make a brew for the morning after. I’ll give you a lift home if needed.

— bäckröw83 (@backrow83) November 25, 2018

Build a statue

— Darren Timmins (@DarrenT90430373) November 25, 2018

Legend

— Ged Egan (@ged_egan) November 25, 2018

Reports that Christiano Ronaldo has a poster of Alan Hutton on his bedroom wall!!!! @AVFCOfficial #AVFC #UTV

— Dan Greaves (@DiscusDan) November 25, 2018

ALAN HUTTON WITH THE GOAL OF A LIFETIME #AVFC pic.twitter.com/HCd2PZbDZX

— AVFCchats (@AVFCchats) November 25, 2018