Dunne has been a key player for Villa since joining the club from Manchester City in the summer.

"We are enjoying defending at the moment," Young told the Birmingham Mail.

"You see the ball drops in the box and there are three or four players trying to block it - nine times out of 10 Dunne blocks it, but we're all there just in case he doesn't!

"I think he's played a massive part since coming to the club and settling in like he has. He has been fantastic in pretty much every game he's played.

"He's an old-fashioned centre-half. He's like a magnet.

"Everything seems to land to him or he's always there and in the right place at the right time."