Gabby Agbonlahor has revealed that Aston Villa have been joking about who would rating first after they took on the Premier League’s worst-ever aspect, Derby County.
The Rams had simply been promoted from the Championship however claimed the undesirable prime flight file after ending the season with simply 11 factors from 38 video games.
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Managed by Billy Davies and Paul Jewell, Derby gained only one recreation all season as they suffered a humiliating relegation again to the EFL.
In a season the place Derby conceded 89 occasions and conceded greater than 4 targets on 9 totally different events, Villa had one in every of their most fruitful days that season as they hit the Rams for six at Satisfaction Park.
TalkSPORT’s personal Agbonlahor was a key a part of the Villa aspect that day and has revealed precisely what was being mentioned forward of kick-off that day.
Talking on The Sports Breakfast, Agbonlahor stated: “Once we performed in opposition to Derby the season that they went down, they have been that unhealthy that earlier than the sport we had just a little snort about it – myself, Gareth Barry and Ashley Younger – about who was going to attain first.
“I used to be like ‘I’m scoring first’, Gareth Barry was like ‘no, I’m scoring first’ and Youngy was like ‘no, I’m scoring first’ – all of us scored within the recreation and we gained 6-0!
“It was the best recreation I’ve ever performed in. Derby have been that unhealthy, Stiliyan Petrov scored from the midway line together with his weaker foot, Marlon Harewood scored and John Carew got here on and scored as nicely.
“They have been that unhealthy they usually went down with 11 factors and it’s not good for the fanbase as a result of as that point it was fairly embarrassing for Derby. They have been just like the whipping boys.”
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