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Villa boss Bruce reveals he voted for Burton’s Clough as Manager of the Year

The Villa boss has been complimentary of his opposite number ahead of the two sides’ meeting at the Pirelli Stadium tomorrow night.

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By Alex Beard

boss has admitted that he voted for Albion’s as last season’s Manager of the Year.

is preparing to take his side to the Pirelli Stadium for the two teams’ league encounter tomorrow night, with the experienced manager determined that his player’s don’t take Burton lightly.

Bruce’s side have risen to ninth in the second tier table after a slow start to the season, and they defeated 2-1 at the weekend.

Contrastingly Clough’s Brewers are in a constant battle to keep their head above water at this level, but Saturday’s 0-0 draw at has them three points above the relegation zone in 19th.

“I voted for him, I thought he did an unbelievable job,” Bruce told the Burton Mail following the win over .

“They have had some unbelievable results and it is always a difficult place, typical Championship. We have no divine right, we have to earn the right and will have to earn the right on Tuesday.

“In every game we played since I’ve been here, none of them are givens. But we’ve given ourselves a nice platform, let’s hope we can go and have a really good week.

“Let’s put a marker down before the international break, if we can.”

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