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Aston Villa hero Gabby Agbonlahor has leapt to the defence of Jude Bellingham and says his reaction to being substituted "is not a big deal".

The former Birmingham City man was unhappy at being replaced by Villa's Morgan Rogers with 10 minutes remaining of England's 2-0 win against Albania.

England boss Thomas Tuchel was asked about Bellingham's reaction post-match and said he was aware that the Real Madrid star was not pleased to be coming off.

The decision was taken with Bellingham one yellow card away from a red that would have led to him being suspended for the first game of the World Cup next summer.

Agbonlahor was asked about the headlines Bellingham's reaction had generated and he felt it was a mountain made out of a molehill.

"What I thought was that people p

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