Tottenham vs Aston Villa LIVE: Premier League result and final score as Spurs suffer third straight defeat
Tottenham 1-2 Aston Villa: Ollie Watkins scored the winner as the visitors came from behind to leapfrog the hosts into fourth place
Tottenham slipped to a third successive Premier League defeat as they were beaten 2-1 at home by Aston Villa in an absorbing clash full of chances.
Villa’s first win on the road in just over two months took them above Tottenham into fourth place in the table but it did not look likely early on.
The hosts were given a deserved lead by Giovani Lo Celso’s deflected shot in the 22nd minute and could have been comfortably ahead before Pau Torres levelled with a thumping header deep in first-half stoppage time.
Chances continued to flow both ways after the break but it was Villa who went ahead with a fine finish by Ollie Watkins just past the hour mark after being set up by Youri Tielemans.
Villa keeper Emiliano Martinez made two great saves, Ben Davies headed a golden chance over the bar and Pedro Porro hit the post for the luckless hosts who also suffered another injury blow as Rodrigo Bentancur limped off in the first half.
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DISALLOWED! Tottenham 1-0 Aston Villa
27 mins: A huge sigh of relief for Spurs fans as the goal is ruled out for offside. Tight margins but it looks like the right decision.
The home side remain 1-0 up but that’s a huge let-off.
GOAL! Tottenham 1-1 Aston Villa (Watkins, 24 mins)
Aston Villa hit back straight away! An immediate response from the away side as Watkins drifted in between the two centre-backs to slot home from Digne’s inch-perfect cross.
There’s a VAR check for offside, however...
GOAL! Tottenham 1-0 Aston Villa (Lo Celso, 22 mins)
What a strike from the Argentine!
A deserved opener for Tottenham an the pressure finally tells. A corner comes out to Lo Celso on the edge of the box and it’s a sweet strike from the midfielder which takes a slight deflection off Carlos and flies into the back of the net past Martinez.
Tottenham 0-0 Aston Villa
20 mins: Gil has started really brightly in his first Premier League start this season. An enticing cross in from the left from the Spaniard just evades Son in the middle as Villa clear it away for a corner.
Tottenham 0-0 Aston Villa
18 mins: Villa are at sixes and sevens at the minute and can’t deal with this Spurs press. But the home side have to make one of these chances count sooner rather than later as Porro’s low cross into the box - looking for the unmarked Son - is cleared away by the Villa defence.
Tottenham 0-0 Aston Villa
15 mins: This unrelenting start from Spurs shows no signs of slowing down any time soon. More neat interplay between their forwards sees Kulusevski charge through on goal, this time. The Swede’s effort is denied by the onrushing Martinez but - like Son’s earlier effort - wouldn’t have counted as the flag goes up.
Tottenham 0-0 Aston Villa
13 mins: A huge chance for Son as Johnson cuts the ball across to him unmarked on the six-yard box. The Spurs captain gets it all wrong and fires high over the bar but his blushes are saved as the offside flag goes up.
Tottenham 0-0 Aston Villa
11 mins: There’s some potential early concern for Emerson who appeared to signal to the Spurs bench that there was an issue. Dier has been sent to warm up but they continue for now.
Tottenham 0-0 Aston Villa
7 mins: Chances galore in these early stages as Gil is found by a cute backheel from Kulusevski. It’s a tight angle from the Spaniard but he forces a good save from Martinez as the follow-up header goes over.
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