Villa star wants moreAston Villa star Gareth Barry thinks the club need to sign some more players if they are to consolidate on their promising start to the Premiership.
He said: "Wednesday night was a reality check (Against Manchester City). It was a big eye opener for us. We didn't play like a team which is in the top five of the Premiership,"
"The first 10 minutes set the tempo for the night. They took the game to us and we didn't look as sharp as Manchester City.
"There is always pressure on every game wherever you are in the league. I am not sure what was wrong."
He added: "Everyone knows we are exceeding expectations. We will still find ourselves in a healthy position in the table after a result like that,"
"But the manager knows and the squad here knows we need a few faces to come in and strengthen us up. The squad has been over-achieving.
"Our main aim was to improve and get into the top half. We have still made a good start.
"However, if we are going to strengthen in January, we need to get as many points on the board as we can now and it is important we don't throw away what we've done so far."
Team-mate Juan Pablo Angel added: "It was like a reality check. We have had a great start to the season and we have to hang on to it,"
"It was like a good wake-up call for everyone and we have to get back to basics and do what we have been doing, chasing people down, closing people down and hopefully getting the chances at the other end.
"Overall that didn't happen, we didn't perform well as a team and we paid the price.
"But the good thing about this league is we have another big match in two or three days at Portsmouth and we have to get ourselves right for that."
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