Pace is Villa's weapon in Moscow

Luke Young believes Villa's pace will be the key in Moscow

Aston Villa full-back Luke Young is not too concerned at being held 1-1 at home by CSKA Moscow in the Uefa Cup.

Young believes away specialists Villa have what it takes to "get a result" in Russia and reach the last 16.

"Obviously they've scored an away goal, but it's going to be a really interesting game," he told BBC WM.

"If things don't go too well there early on, we've got to believe they may tire and with the pace we've got we can put a lot of pressure on teams."

Villa will hope to have Emile Heskey and James Milner available again after injury for the trip to Moscow, while Steve Sidwell will be available after suspension.

CSKA were playing their first competitive game since December. And Young believes their winter break could actually play into Villa's hands.

We looked quite strong second half - it's just a case of putting the ball in the back of the net

Villa defender Luke Young

"They're only just back, it was their first game, and it takes a little while to get into the swing of things," said the 29-year-old England defender.

"We looked quite strong second half, I think that's quite evident. It's just a case of putting the ball in the back of the net."

If Martin O'Neill's side can pull through next week's second leg, their reward would be a last 16 meeting with either Tottenham Hotspur or Shakhtar Donetsk from Ukraine.

And their minimum requirement on the night will be to score an away goal themselves.

But, before next Thursday's return leg in Russia, Villa have the little matter of the home Premier League clash with Chelsea this Saturday lunchtime - and Young is hoping the team show the same sort of attitude as they did in the European tie.

"It was a really good team effort, everyone was up for the cause and I think the crowd got us up.

"We all pulled together and we've got to do the same on Saturday."