Aston Villa can win at Liverpool says Gabriel Agbonlahor

Aug 24 2009 by Lisa Smith, Birmingham Mail

VILLA can turn the form book on its head and snatch a surprise victory at Anfield tonight, according to a confident Gabby Agbonlahor.

The England Under-21 striker admits Villa’s results over the last three months have been below par but says away form generally last season was excellent and there is no reason why the players cannot draw on that tonight.

Martin O’Neill’s young troops travel to Merseyside on the back of defeat on the opening day of the Premier League season to Wigan and also in Europa League qualifying against Rapid Vienna.

But Agbonlahor believes the team – bolstered by several young England internationals – will turn things around with the carrot of the World Cup in South Africa next year a huge factor.

“We were unlucky not to score against Vienna,’’ he said. “It would have been good to get an away goal but we will be okay and we will make things right, starting at Liverpool.