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Alex McLeish hails "excellent performance"

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Alex McLeish is glad that Aston Villa managed to end Wigan Athletic's positive record at Villa Park this afternoon.

Aston Villa manager Alex McLeish was delighted with what he described as an "excellent performance" from his Aston Villa side against Wigan Athletic this afternoon.

Visiting Wigan held a positive record from past meetings at Villa Park between the two sides, and McLeish was happy to see that run come to an end with a 2-0 victory.

"We were very good," McLeish told Sky Sports News. "We laid the ghost of Wigan having a really good record here which is pleasing."

The boss also praised Gabriel Agbonlahor, who opened the scoring before setting up Darren Bent to score game's second goal.

"[Agbonlahor] was a handful," added the Scot. "We've been working on things in training with him.

"He's also lightning quick."

Villa have moved up to sixth in the Premier League table.

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