Aston Villa 1-0 Birmingham City: Harry Redknapp's first game as Blues boss ends in defeat as Gabby Agbonlahor scores his first goal in 14 months

Daily Mail | April 23, 2017

Harry Redknapp's first game in charge of Birmingham ended in derby defeat at Aston Villa.

After a first half of few chances, during which Che Adams blasted over for Birmingham when well placed, Villa boss Steve Bruce threw on Gabby Agbonlahor in search of a winner after the break and the veteran forward provided just that.

Agbonlahor, who hadn't found the back of the net in 14 months, poked in from a corner to leave the visitors still staring at the prospect of relegation.

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Gabby Agbonlahor wheels away in celebration after scoring the winner for Aston Villa

Agbonlahor poked home from a corner to score the only goal of the game for the hosts

New Birmingham boss Harry Redknapp is greeted by Aston Villa manager Steve Bruce

The players and fans paid tribute to Ugo Ehiogu with a minute's applause before the game

Birmingham midfielder David Davis cuts a frustrated figure during the Championship game

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Brighton and Hove Albion	44	28	8	8	35	92
2	Newcastle United	43	26	7	10	37	85
3	Reading	44	24	7	13	1	79
4	Sheffield Wednesday	44	23	9	12	15	78
5	Huddersfield Town	43	24	6	13	2	78
6	Fulham	44	21	13	10	27	76
7	Leeds United	44	22	7	15	14	73
8	Norwich City	44	19	9	16	12	66
9	Brentford	44	18	9	17	12	63
10	Derby County	44	17	12	15	2	63
11	Preston North End	43	16	13	14	5	61
12	Aston Villa	44	16	13	15	0	61
13	Cardiff City	44	16	11	17	-2	59
14	Barnsley	44	15	12	17	0	57
15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	43	15	10	18	-2	55
16	Ipswich Town	44	13	16	15	-6	55
17	Bristol City	44	14	9	21	-6	51
18	Burton Albion	44	13	12	19	-12	51
19	Queens Park Rangers	44	14	8	22	-12	50
20	Nottingham Forest	44	13	9	22	-11	48
21	Birmingham City	44	11	14	19	-22	47
22	Blackburn Rovers	44	10	15	19	-15	45
23	Wigan Athletic	44	10	11	23	-16	41
24	Rotherham United	44	5	6	33	-58	21

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