Gabby Agbonlahor was unable to comprise his heartbreak stay on talkSPORT after his Premier League targets report for Aston Villa was damaged.
Ollie Watkins scored for Villa in opposition to Bournemouth with a low end in first half stoppage-time in Saturday”s 5:30pm kick-off ‘s 1-0 win away on the Vitality Stadium.
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The purpose is the seventy fifth he has scored for the membership within the Premier League and surpasses the 74 that Agbonlahor netted throughout his profession.
Agbonlahor was in attendance to see Watkins make historical past, though in the end at his expense.
Now a part of the talkSPORT household, the co-host made an look on the GameDay Cellphone-In as he known as up at half-time having watched his Villa report slip away.
“I almost began crying when it went in. I used to be like, ‘Lino, offside lino!'” he advised Jamie O’Hara and Jason Cundy after they joked he ‘was now not a legend’ at Villa.
Earlier than quipping: “I am out of labor now Cundy, I am out of labor!”
With O’Hara and Cundy in stitches, Agbonlahor added: “Him scoring that purpose, hopefully we will get the win, that’ll be large for the Champions League locations.”
He then repeated his hope that Watkins’ intelligent striker could be disallowed, as he merely said: “I used to be screaming on the lino!”
Looking forward to subsequent week, Agbonlahor will co-host the Breakfast present within the talkSPORT studios.
And he is already considered what fellow presenter Ally McCoist will confer with him as after Watkins’ efficiency on the weekend.
“I am on Monday morning with Ally, I feel Ally’s [working] from house, so I’ll be in that bunker by myself.
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“And Ally will say, ‘Villa’s second report goalscorer…'”
Cundy then pressed Agbonlahor as as to if he will probably be spending the night time in Bournemouth, main the 38-year-old to joke: “Yeah man.
“I will be getting three bottles of Prosecco by myself. Devvo [devastating].”
Watkins has scored his 75 targets for Villa throughout 182 Premier League matches since signing from Brentford in September 2020.
Compared, Agbonlahor reached 74 in 322 appearances, which means that Watkins has crushed his report in 140 much less video games.
The 29-year-old’s newest strike for the membership may very well be an enormous increase for his or her hopes of qualifying for the Champions league.
Villa have at the moment are up into sixth within the Premier League by beating Bournemouth and degree on 63 factors with fifth-placed Chelsea, who occupy the ultimate Champions League spot and are forward solely on purpose distinction.
Nottingham Forest, who’re at present in seventh, will overtake them although ought to they win in opposition to Leicester Metropolis on Sunday.
Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United are their ultimate two opponents because the Premier League season attracts to an in depth.
Villa host Spurs on Could 16 because the latter will play within the Europa League ultimate 5 days later.
However even when Villa lose their subsequent two video games, they’ve assured themselves they are going to a minimum of be taking part in within the UEFA Convention League subsequent time period.