Aston Villa’s leading scorer Gabriel Agbonlahor has joined skipper Stiliyan Petrov in being a fitness doubt for Sunday’s FA Cup fifth-round clash with Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park.

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Gareth Barry insisted he never contemplated becoming a trouble-maker to engineer a move away from Aston Villa because of his “respect” for manager Martin O’Neill and the midlands club.