But he, like Gareth Barry, is now gone and we need to get on without him.
Gareth Barry looked very leggy and got caught in possession countless times, Frank Lampard the same.
Milner's exit would come only a year after former Villa captain Gareth Barry also moved to Eastlands.
Indeed, the visitors were wasteful throughout with Laursen squandering headers from fine positions from Gareth Barry corners.
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In addition to holding an interest in Keane, Benitez has courted Aston Villa midfielder Gareth Barry this summer.
City built a 2-0 lead on goals by Gareth Barry in the third minute and Nasri in the 29th.
After Doncaster's first goal Gareth Barry went close for the visitors with a backward header and a driven shot.
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Tevez scored a penalty after Juliano Belletti saw red for a trip on Gareth Barry before a Bellamy tap-in.
Much speculation has surrounded his selection, with an ankle injury to midfielder Gareth Barry prompting a reshuffle to Capello's plans.
Tevez was replaced by midfielder Gareth Barry shortly after, sparking further jeers and chants of frustration from the home crowd.
Suddenly, Stoke were on the back foot and Gareth Barry was inches away from making contact with Ashley Young's cross.
"Being the person Wayne is, he didn't want to rub anything in, " added Bridge's Manchester City and England team-mate Gareth Barry.
Jamie Carragher comes out of international retirement, while fellow defender Ledley King and the injured Gareth Barry have also been picked.
Meanwhile, Samir Nasri and Aaron Ramsey have joined the Gunners, who are now strongly being linked with Aston Villa midfielder Gareth Barry.
City's Gareth Barry opened the scoring in the 16th minute in Saturday's friendly, with Chris Killen netting an equaliser eight minutes later.
James Milner smashed in a 25-yard free-kick before Gareth Barry completed the comeback from the spot after Joleon Lescott had fouled Stiliyan Petrov.
On this occasion he opted to partner Lampard with Gareth Barry in the middle with David Beckham to the right of the trio.
Aside from Lescott and Sylvinho, City have also recruited Kolo Toure, Gareth Barry, Carlos Tevez, Roque Santa Cruz and Emmanuel Adebayor this summer.
City's winner came from a corner as Adebayor left his marker Aaron Mokoena and headed in Gareth Barry's inswinging delivery from close range.
He asked about Gareth Barry and I said: 'Well he's got a testimonial and two years left to run and he's our best player.
Mistakes by Rio Ferdinand and Gareth Barry handed the Dutch a 2-0 advantage at the break, before Jermain Defoe's double completed a fine fightback.
Booed and jeered off the pitch, McClaren had to act and he brought on Defoe and Beckham, with Gareth Barry and Wright-Phillips making way.
Gareth Barry's free-kick found captain Gerrard totally unmarked at the far post, but he steered a tame finish wide with the goal at his mercy.
Rovers struggled to create a clear-cut chance and were denied two penalties when Gareth Barry held Benni McCarthy and Zat Knight tugged at Jason Roberts.
Gareth Barry gave away possession for Southampton's first goal by Jason Puncheon and also conceded an embarrassing own-goal soon after halftime to make it 3-1.
And with Gareth Barry a doubt due to injury, Zola thinks England manager Fabio Capello may turn to Parker, who has three caps to his name.
But after the break England pepped up and were level when Crouch connected first time with a sharp Gareth Barry pass to level on 57 minutes.
They threatened to open the scoring inside a minute when Marvin Emnes released Stewart Downing and his cross had to be poked behind by Gareth Barry.
Liverpool will be keen to pick up money for a permanent transfer to help finance the signing of other targets, principally Carson's former Villa colleague Gareth Barry.
Bent should have made it 2-0 when he beat the offside trap to collect Gareth Barry's superb throughball, but he slipped after rounding Wiese and fired wide.
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