GABRIEL AGBONLAHOR has paid tribute to Celtic legend Stiliyan Petrov for helping him on he road to recovery after contracting coronavirus.

Agbonlahor was struck down with Covid-19 last month, describing the ordeal as ‘one of the worst things I’ve been through’.

However, the former Aston Villa hero was able to count on the support of his ex-teammate Petrov, with the inspirational cancer survivor dropping by to leave medical supplies and vitamins on Agbonlahor’s doorstep. 

He said: “My good friend Stiliyan Petrov and his wife live about five minutes away and kept leaving stuff on my doorstep, vitamins and different things.

“I love Stiliyan, he’s a good guy and I owe a lot to him - and my next door neighbour who was helping a lot of as well.

“It was good to get over it and I wouldn’t wish it on anyone.”

Agbonlahor did not get tested for Covid-19, choosing instead to immediately self-isolate, but the ordeal left him in little doubt that he had contracted the virus. 

He told talkSPORT: “It was a Sunday evening and I started getting these big migraines, and then over the next few days I was getting hot sweats in the night, fatigue, then the cough came later on.

“This was over the course of ten days. It was all the symptoms of coronavirus, but I didn’t get tested. I just kept myself indoors, kept myself in bed and it went away after ten days.

“It was nothing nice, it was horrible, one of the worst things I’ve been through, but luckily my body was able to fight it by itself.”