Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neill has revealed that he thinks striker Gabriel Agbonlahor is capable of scoring 20 goals or more in the Premiership this campaign.
21-year-old Agbonlahor scored 11 times last season in the Premier League, but O’Neill is convinced the England Under-21 International is capable of delivering so much more for the Villans this term, having already netted a hat-trick against Manchester City in their opening fixture.
O'Neill said: “Why shouldn't Gabby be capable of a good goal return?
“Sometimes you can be a goalscorer and not be a natural finisher but his efforts in front of goal now are improving.
“He has come on so much in terms of his all-round game.
“When he gets on that training ground, he tries and wants to improve his game and he has done that in the two years I've been here.
“He tries to hold the ball up like a centre-forward and he practices his finishing as well.
“It was a great start to the season for him against Manchester City and, yes, he is capable of scoring 20 league goals in a season."
“Like with all strikers, confidence is a big factor and that hat-trick was really massive for Gabby,” he added.
“It was the opening day of the season and he scores a hat-trick in seven or eight minutes. What a tonic.
“You could see the lift he got just from the first goal.
“I have no doubt the confidence he got from that first goal gave him the spur to want to go into the danger area for the second goal.
“With the third goal, his confidence was so high, you thought he was going to put it away.”
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