Villans take deserved victory

5:15pm Saturday 9th March 2013 in National Sport News © Press Association 2013

Gabriel Agbonlahor, left, celebrates scoring Aston Villa's second goal of the game Gabriel Agbonlahor, left, celebrates scoring Aston Villa's second goal of the game

Aston Villa recovered from a calamitous Nathan Baker own goal to haul themselves out of the relegation places with a 2-1 victory at fellow strugglers Reading.

The Royals were gifted the lead on the half-hour when Baker made a complete hash of a routine clearance but on a day when neither defence was convincing it was not decisive.

Instead, Villa were level two minutes later when Christian Benteke fired in before Gabby Agbonlahor grabbed the winner in first-half injury time.

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