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
The teams are out on the pitch now, and there will be a minute's applause before kick-off in remembrance of Pele.
Tottenham Hotspur vs Aston Villa
Spurs have conceded the first goal, and also conceded at least twice in each of their last six Premier League games. They last had a longer streak of conceding first in November 2010 (seven games), while they last conceded 2+ goals in more consecutive league games in November 1988 (eight games).
Tottenham Hotspur vs Aston Villa
Despite losing to Liverpool on Monday, Emery has decided to stick with the same starting line-up today. Bailey is once again partnered by Watkins up front, with the Englishman scoring in both of his previous Premier League away games against Spurs. Villa do have World Cup winner Martinez back in the squad, but he has to settle for a place on the bench.
Tottenham Hotspur vs Aston Villa
Antonio Conte makes four changes to the side that drew with Brentford last time out. Lloris starts in goal, and Romero comes straight in after returning from the World Cup. Davies is fit again, and Gil is handed his first Premier League start. Forster, Dier and Tanganga all drop to the bench, while Dejan Kulusevski is not in the squad.
Tottenham Hotspur vs Aston Villa
ASTON VILLA SUBS: Morgan Sanson, Ludwig Augustinsson, Jan Bednarek, Matthew Cash, Philippe Coutinho, Danny Ings, Emiliano Martinez, Cameron Archer, Calum Chambers.
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