#FT: Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 Aston Villa


Venue: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium


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Tottenham Hotspur

Guglielmo Vicario, Ben Davies, Emerson Royal, Destiny Udogie, Pedro Porro, Dejan Kulusevski, Giovani Lo Celso (Alejo Veliz), Rodrigo Bentancur (Pierre-Emile Højbjerg), Son Heung-Min, Bryan Gil (Oliver Skipp), Brennan Johnson.

Subs: Brandon Austin, Jamie Donley, Alfie Dorrington, Fraser Forster, Eric Dier.

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Aston Villa

Emiliano Martínez, Pau Torres, Diego Carlos, Lucas Digne, Ezri Konsa, Douglas Luiz, Boubacar Kamara, John McGinn (Jacob Ramsey), Matty Cash (Leon Bailey), Ollie Watkins (Jhon Durán), Moussa Diaby (Youri Tielemans).

Subs: Leander Dendoncker, Álex Moreno, Clément Lenglet, Tim Iroegbunam, Robin Olsen.


MATCH EVENTS | via ESPN

22’ Goal! Tottenham Hotspur 1, Aston Villa 0. Giovani Lo Celso (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Pedro Porro with a cross following a corner.

27’ Matty Cash (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

32’ Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Pierre-Emile Højbjerg replaces Rodrigo Bentancur because of an injury.

38’ Boubacar Kamara (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

41’ John McGinn (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

45’+7’ Goal! Tottenham Hotspur 1, Aston Villa 1. Pau Torres (Aston Villa) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Douglas Luiz with a cross following a set piece situation.

45’ Substitution, Aston Villa. Leon Bailey replaces Matty Cash.

45’ Substitution, Aston Villa. Youri Tielemans replaces Moussa Diaby.

61’ Goal! Tottenham Hotspur 1, Aston Villa 2. Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Youri Tielemans.

71’ Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Oliver Skipp replaces Bryan Gil.

82’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.

86’ Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Alejo Véliz replaces Giovani Lo Celso.

90’+1’ Substitution, Aston Villa. Jacob Ramsey replaces John McGinn.

90’+2’ Substitution, Aston Villa. Jhon Durán replaces Ollie Watkins.

  • LDKCP@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    Ange seems like a great bloke but his refusal to adapt from his system has completely fucked this team over.

    They are all gassed, too many injuries, playing at full speed for 100+ mins. This injury crisis isn’t a coincidence. These tactics take their toll. He never had the strength in depth to maintain this and every injury compounds the obvious issue. It also requires players returning from injury to be playing at 100mph which is unwise.

    Teams that have success playing like this have much better squads and know when to slow it down or play defensively when necessary.

    Villa played awful today and still won, Chelsea played awful against them and won 4-1, Wolves were able.to keep going for the full match and deserved the win.

    It will be fun to watch, but without better game and squad management this team will be lucky to finish in the top 8.

    • DoomPigs@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      It would be way too soon for the players to be getting injured because of the tactics, Spurs aren’t in any other competition and we’re like a third of the way into the season. The only injury today was Bentancur and that’s because Cash decided to chop him down in his own half, it wasn’t because he was running too much

    • Mick4Audi@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      So what he should have done is go back to playing the same tactics as last season?

  • david_of_rivia@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    I know it’s hypothetical, but I reckon Spurs win that if Bentancur didn’t need to go off.

    Luiz was class and Villa just cut through the mid on the counter as soon as he went off.

    • Merkarov@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      Yeah we really regress whenever Hojbjerg has to play as our 6, he’s not a bad player but he’s like the antithesis of an Angeball player lol.

  • PensiveinNJ@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    Unai Emery has Aston Villa in 4th. What a fucking madman. Give this prodigy a team with Villa in it’s name and he will work miracles.

    • sarthakmahajan610@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      Give this prodigy a team with Villa in it’s name and he will work miracles.

      How am i only realizing this now? VILLAreal and SeVILLA

  • -m11-@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    The amount of Spurs fans wishing Matty Cash serious injury and even cancer in their sub is disturbing but not surprising. Just spent 10 minutes reporting 30+ accounts for threatening violence. 1 ban already came through, hopefully many more.

    • Wompish66@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      He’s a dirty player that has injured a number of players. Of course he’s hated.

      The cancer thing is beyond childish but I don’t think redditors have that ability.

    • DumDumbBuddy@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      Especially when it was such a nothing tackle. He was late and it was a foul but hardly malicious.

  • justsean09@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    Spurs fans are crying about injuries as if Villa haven’t had their fair share of injuries this season. The difference is our players learnt to adjust to the manager’s tactics.

  • Just-Shelter9765@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    Is anyone suprised ? Same story .They play great till December .Injury pills up .Team become Spurs again .Guess this team is really into edging its fans .