Source: Eurosport
Gabi sinks Pompey
Gabriel Agbonlahor struck for the third successive match to propel Aston Villa towards a fourth Barclays Premier League win on the trot - and pile on more misery for bottom-placed Portsmouth.
Agbonlahor, overlooked by England coach Fabio Capello for the recent games with Slovenia and Croatia, netted the decisive second goal just before the interval as Villa ran out 2-0 winners.
Another 2010 World Cup hopeful in James Milner had broken the deadlock from the penalty spot as Martin O'Neill's side cruised to victory to sustain their early challenge for a European spot.
Apart from a spell mid-way through the second half, Villa were seldom tested and the memory of their opening-day setback against Wigan is fast fading.
But Portsmouth look doomed even at this early stage of the campaign to a lengthy battle against the drop after slumping to a sixth successive league reversal which leaves them still searching for their first point of the campaign.
