Tottenham Hotspur vs Aston Villa LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
Tottenham 0-2 Aston Villa: Emi Buendia and Douglas Luiz scored as Spurs slip to a costly defeat
Tottenham Hotspur’s Premier League top-four hopes suffered a blow after second-half goals from Emiliano Buendia and Douglas Luiz fired Aston Villa to a 2-0 win.
World Cup finalists Hugo Lloris and Cristian Romero were back for Spurs, but the former was at fault for Buendia’s opener and Luiz was able to wrap up the points with a fine 73rd-minute finish.
It extended Unai Emery’s unbeaten record against Tottenham to four games and inflicted more misery on Antonio Conte’s side, who have conceded first in their last 10 matches and now dropped to fifth in the Premier League.
Spurs struggled to create chances throughout and were booed off after a third home defeat from their last five games.
Relive all the action and updates from today's game in the live blog below:
Tottenham Hotspur vs Aston Villa
TOTTENHAM SUBS: Eric Dier, Davinson Sanchez, Ryan Sessegnon, Japhet Tanganga, Oliver Skipp, Djed Spence, Emerson, Fraser Forster, Pape Sarr.
Tottenham Hotspur vs Aston Villa
TOTTENHAM STARTING XI (3-4-2-1): Hugo Lloris; Clement Lenglet, Cristian Romero, Ben Davies; Matt Doherty, Yves Bissouma, Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, Ivan Perisic; Bryan Gil, Son Heung-Min; Harry Kane.
Tottenham Hotspur vs Aston Villa
Spurs are looking to make a good start to the new year as they aim to leapfrog Manchester United back into the top four. They've won just two of their last six league games (D1 L3) and had to come from 2-0 down to draw 2-2 with Brentford in their last outing. As for Villa, they won their first two Premier League matches under Unai Emery before the World Cup break, but suffered their first defeat in the competition on their return with a 3-1 loss to Liverpool on Monday.
Tottenham Hotspur vs Aston Villa
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Tottenham Hotspur vs Aston Villa
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