Aston Villa manager Gareth Barry declared himself satisfied with Gareth Barry's performance following Sunday's 0-0 draw at home to Liverpool.O'Neill was pleased with Barry's performance as he faced the Reds for the first time since the collapse of his transfer to Anfield.
O'Neill said: "Gareth did very well. He has had a lot to cope with in recent weeks with all the speculation.
"Three weeks ago I would have imagined he would be playing against us.
"It wasn't to be and we are pretty pleased and relieved that he is with us for the foreseeable future, and I thought it didn't bother him at all.
"He was getting a bit tired towards the end so I put him in at left-back where he can still be very solid for us"
O'Neill is now hoping Villa can be a test for all the leading sides as they bid to break into the top four.
He said: "We drew at Liverpool last season 2-2 in a thrilling game when conceding late on.
"We took four points off Chelsea and we led until the 93rd minute against Arsenal at the Emirates.
"When people talk about the records being not so good against these teams, I can only judge from the last couple of seasons and the points on the table.
"Now beating them, that would be certainly progress."
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WOW one minute Barry agrees to stay next hes our new manager (read top line again)
I thought it was strange to take both full backs off & do what he did ( I thought benitez's subs even stranger) . This explains it to a certain extent but I'd have thought a back 3 of Davies,Laursen & Barry when Milner came on as L'pool had used all their subs by then would have allowed us to push on for the win. If we couldn't beat them yesterday we never will . I thought we bottled it
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