Tottenham vs Aston Villa LIVE: Premier League result and final score as Spurs suffer third straight defeat

59 mins: Son, not for the first time this afternoon, sees the flag go up after he scores. He slides home from Johnson’s pass but his teammate is in an offside position so the goal won’t stand.

54 mins: Almost a superb counter-attacking goal from Spurs! Kulusevski makes the burst forward down the left before a neat one-two with Son allows him to fire a first-time ball across the box. Johnson is lingering at the back post but just can’t turn the cross home at full-stretch.

52 mins: CLOSE! Spurs pour numbers forward in attack but Villa turn over possession and can counter. Bailey has room for the left-footed shot but it’s tipped onto the post by Vicario who is able to claim the loose ball.

51 mins: Another well-worked move down the right from Spurs but Gil is unable to fashion a shooting opportunity as the ball is fizzed across the box in his direction.

49 mins: Porro’s delivery is an enticing one but Martinez does well to punch it clear. The loose balls falls to Lo Celso but this time his strike is deflected wide and out for a corner.

48 mins: Spurs start the second half on the front foot again as Porro wins a foul for his side in a promising position just outside the right edge of the box.

A big 45 minutes for both sides but before we start, Villa make a double change. Cash - on that yellow card after the challenge on Bentancur - is replaced by Tielemans, while Bailey comes on for Diaby.

With those sorted, Spurs get us started in the second half.

Finely poised at the break:

Rodrigo Bentancur was forced off following a poorly timed tackle from Aston Villa’s Matty Cash, in a fresh blow to Tottenham’s mounting injury concerns.

The Uruguayan sustained anterior cruciate ligament damage in February and was making his first start for Tottenham for nine months when he had to leave the field after just half an hour.

Cash caught Bentancur on the ankle with a miss-judged sliding challenge, creating a new problem for Tottenham to contend with amid an ongoing injury crisis.

More bad news for Tottenham:

Let’s take a quick look at the two first-half goals.

Lo Celso opened the scoring with a sweet hit from a corner:

But Villa pegged the home sides back when Torres headed home in the dying moments of the first half: