O'Neill shuffles pack

Aston Villa manager Martin O’Neill has left seven of his regular first-team players out of the squad for Thursday’s UEFA Cup second-leg trip to CSKA Moscow.

Stand-in skipper Gareth Barry, Brad Friedel, Emile Heskey, Ashley Young, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Carlos Cuellar and Stiliyan Petrov are all excluded from the 19-man party announced today by the former Celtic boss.