Aston Villa collapsed to a humiliating defeat in Switzerland this afternoon, when they were beaten 2-0 by FC Zurich in the first leg of their Inter-Toto qualifier.
Villa may have a reputation for blandness, but the former European champions fancied their chances of easing past their Swiss hosts and into the next round.
Graham Taylor’s men got a shock in the 34th minute when 19 year-old Guinean striker Alhassane Keita shot the homeside into the lead, and they laboured miserably for the rest of the game before coneding a late second to Ursal Yasar.
The Premierhip team’s pain deepened in the 84th minute, when Jay Llyod Samuel was dismissed for a second bookable offence.