Tottenham 2-3 Aston Villa: Sorry Spurs beaten again as pressure mounts on De Zerbi

premier league,
Round 5

Tottenham
A

Aston Villa
AST

Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

Samuel Barrott

Conor Gallagher 86′

Johan Manzambi 45+4′
Nicolas Jackson 67′
Emiliano Buendía 79′

Tottenham The miserable start to the season continued this afternoon as Aston Villa overcame an early attack to win in north London and pile the pressure on Roberto De Zerbi.

Villa goalkeeper Zion Suzuki produced a number of fine saves as the hosts dominated the early stages, but there was a sense of inevitability that it would come to nothing before they were caught at the other end.

And that’s exactly what happened when Johan Manzambi came on just before the break.

Spurs thought they had leveled in the second half but Mohammed Kudus’ effort was ruled out for offside against Andy Robertson.

It was cruel but Villa showed no mercy with Nicolas Jackson and Emi Buendia scoring to increase the visitors’ lead.

Conor Gallagher scored Tottenham’s first league goal of the season with four minutes remaining, and there was still time for Jan Paul van Hecke to add a second, but it was little consolation.

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