AGBONLAHOR SEALS IT TO GIVE HARRY A HEADACHE
Birmingham up. They are one place above the drop zone, two points ahead of Blackburn, who face Villa next before a final-day trip to Brentford. Villa boss Steve Bruce said sending on Agbonlahor for his first appearance since being injured on January 21 was an obvious call. ‘Tactical genius, wasn’t it?’ he said laughing. ‘He’s had critics but since I’ve been here in five months, he’s been terrific. He’s got a big summer ahead.’ Redknapp was more caustic. He said: ‘Gabby? He’s done well today, he’s had 10 minutes, that’ll keep him happy for another year, won’t it? Fantastic. ‘We can’t say Villa were good can we? Be honest. Steve has a lot of work to do if that’s the best they can do. ‘We didn’t deserve to lose. I’m very encouraged. When they’ve won two out of 24 and you come in, it scares you to death but we’ve worked hard on the training ground. They carried it out to aT — just didn’t get the break.’