Martin O'Neill has backed on-form striker Gabriel Agbonlahor to shoot himself into Fabio Capello's England squad for the World Cup finals in South Africa next year.
The Villa forward is currently on the fringes of his national team and missed out on the squads for the recent matches against Slovenia and Croatia.
But his goal in Saturday's 2-0 win over Portsmouth made it three in his last three matches and O'Neill believes Capello will have taken notice of the way his striker, who has been working on his upper body strength, shook off Pompey defender Tal Ben-Haim to score Villa's second just before half-time.
"He conjured something from nothing and that gave us a massive lift," O'Neill said. "He is playing brilliantly for us at the moment and it was a fantastic goal. Click to read more...
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