Spurs humbled at home as Aston Villa hit back to win 2-1

Morgan Rogers and Emiliano Buendia inspired Aston Villa’s fightback to triumph 2-1 against Tottenham connected Sunday arsenic the northbound Londoners suffered much misery connected location turf.

Rodrigo Bentancur enactment Thomas Frank’s broadside up aboriginal successful the archetypal fractional astatine the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

But Rogers equalised with a superb onslaught earlier the interval and Buendia came disconnected the seat to seal the points successful the closing stages.

Tottenham’s woeful location signifier successful the Premier League — 11 defeats and conscionable 3 wins successful 18 league games — has proved a large contented for Frank since helium replaced the sacked Ange Postecoglou successful the close-season.

While the bulk of those location losses came nether Postecoglou past term, Frank’s abbreviated tenure has produced mixed results astatine the club’s 62,000-seat stadium, with boos audible aft a decision to Bournemouth successful August and a 1-1 gully with lowly Wolves past month.

The extremity of Tottenham’s seven-game unbeaten tally successful each competitions near them successful sixth spot aft the 2nd decision successful Frank’s 8 league games.

Villa person responded to their longest winless commencement to a play since 1964 with 5 successive victories, 3 successful the top-flight and 2 successful the Europa League, extending their unbeaten streak to 8 matches.

It was particularly notable that Villa yet bushed a top-four rival distant from location aft taking conscionable 1 constituent from their six trips past play to the English sides presently successful the Champions League.

Unai Emery’s squad are up to 10th spot arsenic they effort to ascent backmost into the contention for Champions League qualification.

Already without James Maddison, Dejan Kulusevski, Yves Bissouma, Destiny Udogie and Dominic Solanke owed to fittingness issues, Frank mislaid skipper Cristian Romero to an wounded successful the pre-match warm-up.

Despite that blow, Tottenham needed conscionable 5 minutes to instrumentality the lead.

Mohammed Kudus’s transverse was headed backmost crossed extremity by Micky van de Ven towards Bentancur, who dispatched a objective decorativeness past Emiliano Martinez from 8 yards.

Bentancur celebrated by shoving the shot nether his garment to make a bump successful tribute to his wife, who is large with the couple’s 2nd child.

Villa defender Matty Cash blasted conscionable implicit from the borderline of the country arsenic the visitors tried to respond successful the driving rain.

Tottenham guardant Wilson Odobert threatened with a debased thrust that Martinez palmed away.

But Rogers hauled Villa level successful spectacular manner aft 37 minutes.

The England midfielder’s archetypal extremity this play was good worthy the wait.

Taking purpose 20 yards from goal, Rogers unloaded a stunning onslaught that near Tottenham keeper Guglielmo Vicario grasping astatine bladed aerial arsenic it curled implicit his out-stretched arm.

Odobert’s goal-bound rocket was blocked by Ezri Konsa earlier Martinez denied Joao Palhinha arsenic Tottenham looked to instrumentality complaint successful the 2nd half.

But Mathys Tel joined Tottenham’s increasing wounded database arsenic the guardant limped disconnected to person a dense bandage wrapped astir his knee.

Frank’s problems were mounting and Villa took afloat vantage successful the 77th minute.

Cash’s cross-field walk recovered Lucas Digne and helium teed up Buendia, who whipped a good decorativeness into the bottommost country from the borderline of the area.

Randal Kolo Muani, making his Premier League debut, should person rescued Tottenham successful stoppage-time, but the on-loan Paris Saint-Germain striker scooped implicit with the extremity astatine his mercy.

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