Aston Villa failed to win against Millwall at Villa Park in the Championship on Saturday.
Villa failed to win against Millwall at home on Saturday afternoon and had to settle for a goalless draw in the Championship game.
Bruce has admitted that he should have included Conor Hourihane in the starting lineup at Villa Park.
The 26-year-old midfielder was an unused substitute for the Villans, as they squandered a very good chance to pick up all three points from the encounter.
Henri Lansbury, 27, started in midfield in place of Hourihane, and although Bruce was pleased with the performance of the former Arsenal and Nottingham Forest man, he has admitted that he should have started the Republic of Ireland international instead.
Interestingly, many Villa fans have also stated on Twitter that Villa should have started with Hourihane in midfield.
The draw with Millwall at Villa Park means that Villa are now fifth in the Championship table with 37 points from 21 matches.
“I was wrong,” Bruce told The Birmingham Mail. “The lads had won three on the bounce (before Leeds). But I just thought with Lansbury scoring last week he was confident. I thought H played well to be fair to him.
“But overall I got it wrong. It’s my job. I’ve left Hourihane out because I just think he needs freshening up a little bit, but he’ll be raring to next week.
“I changed the team and I put Lansbury in. I only made one change. I thought we missed the control that he (Hourihane) gives us but I just went for the physicality because of it being Millwall.”
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