Martin O'Neill: There are no grudges at Aston Villa

Martin O'Neill insists he will not hold a grudge against Nigel Reo-Coker after handing the midfielder the Villa captain's armband.

Saturday's thrashing of Bolton saw Reo-Coker make his first Premier League start since September's training ground bust-up, and he also temporarily took over as skipper from the suspended Stiliyan Petrov.

O'Neill said: "I'm too old to start holding grudges now.

"Perhaps when I was at Nigel's age I probably would have done. But I'm too old and for the benefit of the team it's not that important.

"Nigel and myself had a bit of a spat. It's over and gone with, it was quite some time ago.

"The opportunity arose to put him into the side and I felt if he's going into the side he might as well burden himself with the extra responsibility as captain as well. I thought he acquitted himself really well."