Aston Villa and Blackburn result 3 - 1

Goals from Gabriel Agbonlahor, Emile Heskey and Darren Bent gave Aston Villa victory in manager Alex McLeish's first home game in charge at Villa Park.

Agbonlahor opened the scoring with his 50th Premier League goal, a fine curling strike.

Heskey made it 2-0 with his low shot from 20 yards out before Morten Gamst Pedersen pulled one back for Blackburn heading home Junior Hoilett's cross.

But Bent made the game safe beating keeper Paul Robinson from close range.

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By Nabil Hassan