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We need more quality to help Bent - Villa's McLeish

Aston Villa manager Alex McLeish believes his squad needs some more quality to assist striker Darren Bent.

The 27-year old has netted five goals so far this campaign but has not been able to breach the opposition defence in his last three outings. McLeish feels that with some higher quality delivery, the England international could be hitting the back of the net with more regularity.

"He does make great movement," said McLeish. "It's just a pity that sometimes we don't have quite the quality to see his runs and his movement.

"We created 10 chances in the Norwich game (3-2 win on November 5)," he added. "And he [Bent] got a couple of goals and could have had another couple so we are capable of doing it depending on our personnel.

"I've watched a couple of games from last season and Bent only had one chance in the Manchester City game, his debut, and scored so he was starved of service that night as well."

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