Aston Villa wins at Tottenham and takes 4th place in the Premier League

This Tottenham-Aston Villa embodied the shock of this Sunday in the Premier League, and it kept all its promises from a spectacle point of view. Perhaps taking advantage of the ten injuries on the Spurs side, the visitors from Birmingham emerged victorious. They pushed the London club to concede a third defeat in a row after those against Chelsea (1-4, November 6) and Wolverhampton (1-2, November 11).

The match started at a very brisk pace, with Tottenham taking the initiative in the wake of Dejan Kulusevski. The Swedish international (35 caps, 3 goals) was very close to scoring from the start following an inspired hook which was not magnified by his left strike on the post (4th). It was also he who skilfully served Bryan Gil in the Villa area but the Spaniard came up against Emiliano Martinez (7th). The third clear opportunity was the right one: on a corner from the right, former Parisian Giovani Lo Celso opened the scoring with a beautiful volley (1-0, 22nd). His first goal in three years.

Three offside goals denied to Heung-min Son

Aston Villa came back just before the break thanks to Pau Torres. Already dangerous with a header the first time on a cross from Lucas Digne (5th), the Spanish defender took advantage of a long free kick from Douglas Luiz to deliver another low header (1-1, 45th+7).

At the start of the second half, the Villans came close to scoring a 2-1 goal with a shot from Leon Bailey on Guglielmo Vicario’s post (52nd). It was only a matter of time since Ollie Watkins, very lively in this match, accurately concluded a one-two with ex-Monegasque Youri Tielemans by scoring with a low shot (2-1 , 61st).

In difficulty in November, the Spurs almost broke once again on a free kick from Digne which pushed Vicario into a good save (70th) then on a header from Watkins along the line on the following corner (71st) . Even behind, the teammates of Heung-min Son, who was denied three goals for offside, called on a very inspired Martinez, from close (Johnson, 72nd; Kusulveski, 76th) as well as from afar (Höjbjerg, 73rd ). Without success. Unai Emery could let his joy burst forth. The Spanish coach and his team are in the top 4 of the Premier League.