Agbonlahor’s brace at Craven Cottage was his first goals since December 12. Villa won the game 2-0.
“I know that strikers need to score goals to keep themselves alive and give themselves confidence,” said O’Neill.
“I learnt from a brilliant previous manager that sometimes you don’t get your just desserts on the day.
“Gabriel taking those two goals today were as much about his performance against Arsenal on Wednesday night.
“He got his desserts today and he was fantastic.”
“I’m pleased to be back to winning ways. I’m delighted with the team and thought we deserved to win,” O’Neill added.
“We scored two great goals and that helped us because we’d gone a few matches in the league without scoring, though the performances have been good. Winning today was a big boost.”
