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Arsenal striker Theo Walcott scoring both goals while West Ham midfielder Nigel Reo-Coker also staked his claim with an impressive game.
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And Nigel Reo-Coker's hesitancy in front of goal, added to a wayward shot in the first half, cost England twice in the opposing box.
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Captain Nigel Reo-Coker credited the squad's battling character for their promotion.
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Minutes later Davis was booked for a challenge from behind on Nigel Reo-Coker as Villa continued to up the tempo in front of a vociferous home crowd.
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But the game soon descended into an ugly medley of high balls and heavy touches, with Nigel Reo-Coker wasting some decent counter-attacking work from his team-mates with a loose final ball.
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Nigel Reo-Coker was duly drafted into the starting line-up but the hosts were immediately on the back foot as Everton settled well and threatened menacingly down the left through Leighton Baines.
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The Hammers were forced back by wave after wave of red attacks which came to very little before Luis Boa Morte blazed a shot high and wide from a Nigel Reo-Coker cross.
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Routledge almost broke the deadlock after the restart but fizzed a 20-yard effort against the post and Nigel Reo-Coker burst through on goal only to once again be denied by the defiant Rensing.
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The Republic of Ireland international, in only his third appearance of the campaign after a knee injury, latched on to Nigel Reo-Coker's pass to slide the ball past Paddy Kenny in the United goal.
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Nigel Reo-Coker had another good chance to open the scoring when he followed up Tim Howard's flapped clearance of a cross, but the way Tony Hibbert blocked his shot before it could get too close to the goal rather summed up the slightly stifled nature of the game so far.
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