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
Villa stay in 12th, but they've closed the gap to the teams just ahead of the in the table. Next up for them is Wolves on Wednesday. Spurs stay in fifth after missing the chance to leapfrog Manchester United back into the top four. They travel to Crystal Palace next time out.
Tottenham Hotspur vs Aston Villa
Aston Villa get back to winning ways with a 2-0 victory over Tottenham. After a slow first half, Villa made a quick start to the second. Lloris spilt a long-range shot from Lloris and Watkins was alive in the box to pick out Buendia who poked them ahead. Luiz then doubled their lead after a lovely bit of build-up play and he knocked it in from close range. Kane saw an effort cleared off the line by Young just before the break, but otherwise, Spurs didn't really threaten Olsen's goal.
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