Tottenham vs Aston Villa LIVE: Harry Kane completes turnaround to put Spurs 2-1 ahead
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Your support makes all the difference.Follow live updates from the Premier League as Spurs begin their campaign against newly promoted Aston Villa at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Villa come up with plenty of ambition having made a raft of new signings in the transfer window to bolster a side that already contains the quality of Jack Grealish and John McGinn.
Spurs have added quality of their own through the likes of Giovani Lo Celso and Tanguy Ndombele and will hope they can do something special in the first full season at their shiny new stadium. Follow it live:
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How to watch on TV, plus channel and online stream info...
The game will be shown live on Sky Sports main event and Premier League channels, and you can follow it live on the Sky Go app.
Prediction...
Villa to give Tottenham a really good game but fall short, losing 1-0.
GOAL! Tottenham 3-1 Aston Villa (Kane)
90 minutes
Brilliant from Kane! He's been frustrated, kept relatively quiet for much of this game, but he's still managed to score twice. Sissoko powers through midfield, breezing past the tired Villa players. He slides the ball to Kane, who slots the ball expertly into the far corner to seal the win.
Tottenham 3-1 Aston Villa
90+1 minutes
Three minutes of added time will be played.
Full time: That's it! Spurs come from behind to win. For long periods of this game, Villa appeared to be on course for a battling, resolute victory. It would have been some achievement, but they couldn't quite hold on to their narrow lead. Ndombele's debut goal, followed by Kane's quickfire brace, gives Tottenham victory on the opening day.
Tottenham are difficult to stop when they get going. That's what Villa discovered in the second half here. The hosts were inhibited, tentative in their approach for most of the first half. And the visitors defended superbly.
But Spurs were a different beast after the break. They played with a confidence, a self-assurance that comes from previous experience. They have been in similar situations before, and won. And, thanks to Kane's late double, that is what they did again.
Tottenham start with a win, then, but there are positive signs, too, for Villa.
I'll leave you with our five things we learned from today's game. Thanks for joining me!
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