He also said he was now well rested - but, after Friday's game at a freezing Villa Park, there is likely to be a little frustration.

It comes during freezing conditions in the UK, but the Met Office has said Friday will see "the start of a change to our weather", and it is forecast to get milder next week.

A yellow weather warning for ice is in place for parts of Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Cheshire, with the Met Office warning of a "severe frost" and some freezing fog in places.

Temperatures dropped well below freezing overnight, with forecasters on Thursday predicting it could drop to -13C.

On a bitterly cold night in Dundee, the travelling support were kept warm by their fury, pointing with disgust and screaming from the soles of their frozen feet.