Aston Villa fullback Luke Young says their Dubai break came at the right time.

Young played more games than most of the Villa players including in the UEFA Cup while others were rested and he has been glad of a few days' training in the sun.

He said: "It's been a long season and, for me personally, it was good not having a game for a few days because the last couple of weeks has been a game every three days.

"I think it will have done us good having a bit of a break and hopefully we will start putting in performances like we did earlier in the season."