Alan Hutton bagged his first Aston Villa goal as they clinched a feisty 2-1 win yesterday over 10-man Leicester.

The right-back, who had been frozen out by manager Paul Lambert before this season, netted with 20 minutes left to cap their comeback.

Leonardo Ulloa ended his drought with his first goal in 10 games to put the Foxes ahead but Ciaran Clark equalised within minutes.

And Paul Konchesky was sent off late on for Leicester after clashing with Hutton — who was lucky to stay on — to compound the visitors’ woes.

It left Nigel Pearson’s side rooted to the bottom of the Premier League and lifted resurgent Villa up to 11th.

The visitors took the lead on 13 minutes when Villa failed to shackle Riyad Mahrez and Brad Guzan spilled his deflected effort straight to Ulloa, who tapped in.

It was a gift but Villa levelled five minutes later when Clark was granted the freedom of the area to head in Ashley Westwood’s free kick from six yards.

In the second half Villa looked the more likely to edge ahead and Kasper Schmeichel kept the visitors level when he raced out to deny Benteke, who had run onto Sanchez’s through ball. It was another warning for the Foxes who, after going ahead, had failed to seriously test Villa.

The Villans completed their comeback on 70 minutes — following more shoddy defending from Foxes.

Benteke was given space and time to pick out the unmarked Hutton at the far post and the defender smashed past Schmeichel.

Leicester’s hopes all but disappeared with 10 minutes left when Konchesky was dismissed.

The defender tackled Hutton and then clashed with the Villa man, who forced his head into Konchesky’s before pushing him.