Weakened Villa undone by Hamburg

By foxsports

Published Dec. 17, 2008 10:46 p.m. ET

Aston Villa surrendered their unbeaten away record in Europe this season as a severely-weakened side lost 3-1 in the UEFA Cup at Hamburg.

With qualification for the final 32 already assured, Villa manager Martin O'Neill included only three of the starting line-up from the 4-2 weekend win over Bolton in defenders Carlos Cuellar and Luke Young and midfielder Steve Sidwell.