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Villa's Barry: Reo-Coker deserves more recognition

Aston Villa captain Gareth Barry says teammate Nigel Reo-Coker deserves more recognition.

The England midfielder said: "We are different sorts of players. Generally Nigel plays a deeper role.

"He does get forward a bit but, rather than try and play the killer ball, he will find me and hopefully I can get it up to the other lads.

"We compliment each other very well and I think it is going very well. We both work hard to try to get the ball back although Nigel's role is one that won't get him the headlines.

"But we all realise Nigel is doing a job for the team and he is not the sort of person to worry too much about not getting the headlines.

"As long as he plays well and we pick up points, then that is more than enough for him."

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