/data/photo/2023/01/01/63b1a54a785e5.jpg "Tottenham Vs Aston Villa 0-2 result: Kane and others fall, no World Cup final goalkeeper meeting")
KOMPAS.com – Tottenham Hotspur swallow defeat at home Aston Villa at week 18 Premier Leaguethe highest caste Premier League2022-2023 season.
From Tottenham v Aston Villa held at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London, England on Sunday (1/1/2023) WIB evening ended with a score of 0-2 for the visitors to win.
A couple of goals they scored Harry Kane et al lost to Emiliano Buendia (50′) and Douglas Luiz (73′).
This defeat kept Tottenham in fifth place in the Premier League table with a collection of 30 points from 17 games.
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The club nicknamed The Lilywhites failed to regain the fourth place that is now occupied by Manchester United.
Manchester United are in fourth place thanks to the score of 32 points in 16 games.
Meanwhile, Aston Villa are in 12th place with a tally of 21 points from 17 games.
Aston Villa continues to trail Brentford who are in 10th place thanks to 23 points.
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No World Cup Final goalkeeper meeting
The Tottenham-Aston Villa match initially attracted attention as it could potentially feature a duel between the two goalkeepers who appeared in the 2022 World Cup final between France and Argentina.
The two goalkeepers in question are Hugo Lloris (Tottenham/France) and Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa/Argentina).
However, the duel between Hugo Lloris and Emiliano Martinez in the Tottenham-Aston Villa match was canceled.
In the list of formations only Hugo Lloris appeared as a starter, while Emiliano Martinez was on the bench.
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Emiliano Martinez has in fact started training with Aston Villa after returning from the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
However, the best goalkeeper for the 2022 World Cup is still believed to need rest so that the coach, Unai Emery, has not been named starter.
Unai Emery has entrusted the role of goalkeeper to Swedish goalkeeper Robin Olsen.
“This is our plan for Emi Martinez. She needs to rest, but she is available to play today (as a backup),” Unai Emery said earlier. kick off match against Tottenham, quoted by BBC.
“He has only trained twice and we will carry out our plans with him. We have faith in Robin Olsen and we have to use all available players when we need them,” said Unai Emery.
The Tottenham-Aston Villa lineup:
Tottenham (3-4-3): 1-Lloris (PO); 17-Romero, 33-Davies, 34-Lenglet; 2-Doherty (12-Royal 81′), 5-Hojbjerg (4-Skipp 88′), 14-Perisic (24-Spence 88′), 38-Bissouma (29-Sarr 80′); 7-Son, 10-Kane, 11-Gil (19-Sessegnon 63′).
Reserves: 20-Forster 9GK), 6-Sanchez, 12-Royal, 15-Dier, 24-Spence, 25-Tanganga, 4-Skipp, 19-Sessegnon, 29-Sarr.
Coach: Antonio Conte.
Aston Villa (4-4-2): 25-Olsen (PO); 4-Konsa (20-Bednarek 82′), 5-Mings, 18-Young, 27-Digne; 6-Luiz (9-Ings 83′), 7-McGinn (23-Coutinho 78′), 10-Buendia (16-Chambers 82′), 44-Kamara; 11-Watkins, 31-Bailey (2-Cash 66′).
Cadangan: 1-Martinez (PO), 2-Cash, 16-Chambers, 17-Augustinsson, 20-Bednarek, 8-Sanson, 23-Coutinho, 9-Ings, 35-Archer.
Coach: Unai Emery.
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