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Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 Aston Villa - Premier League result as Ollie Watkins and Pau Torres cancel out Giovani Lo Celso's opener to send Villa fourth

Premier League / Matchday 13
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium / 26.11.2023
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Paul Hassall

Updated 26/11/2023 at 16:08 GMT


45+6'
GOAL! - TOTTENHAM 1-1 ASTON VILLA: (PAU TORRES)
Torres bullets a header into the corner from Luiz's brilliant right-wing free kick.
P. Torres
Goal
P. Torres
Aston Villa
Aston Villa
Goals1
On target1
Fouls against1
Wide1
45+4'
VILLA PRESSING LATE IN THE FIRST HALF
The away side have been second best for long spells but have shown a bit more in the dying embers of this opening period, without troubling Vicario.
45+2'
PORRO DOWN FOR SPURS
Ange watches on from the sidelines and can't believe another one of his charges needs treatment.
The home team will look to get him through to half time and check him over thoroughly from there.
45'
STOPPAGE TIME
Six minutes added.
43'
SPURS PUT THE BALL IN THE NET - BUT IT'S OFFSIDE
Son races clear onto Højbjerg's pass and finishes with aplomb, but the flag goes up.
VAR concurs that he was offside but that high Villa line is a big problem for the away side.
41'
YELLOW CARD!
McGinn cautioned.
Spurs wanted Cash to pick up a second yellow for a tackle from behind on Udogie.
The Villa defender is walking a bit of a tightrope out there.
J. McGinn
Yellow card
J. McGinn
Aston Villa
Aston Villa
Yellow Cards1
40'
WORTH THE WAIT
38'
YELLOW CARD!
Kamara is cautioned for pulling back Lo Celso.
He will now be suspended for their next PL game against Bournemouth.
B. Kamara
Yellow card
B. Kamara
Aston Villa
Aston Villa
Yellow Cards1
Fouls1
Free Kicks1
37'
BOOS FOR CASH EVERY TIME HE GOES NEAR THE BALL
The Spurs fans are making it clear what they think of Cash following the Villa man's role in Bentancur's injury.
35'
TOTTENHAM ATTEMPT
Villa make a meal of dealing with a long ball down the channel for Kulusevski. The Spurs man looks to punish the visitors but his curved shot from the right side of the box flashes wide of Martinez's far post.
34'
32'
TOTTENHAM CHANGE
Hojbjerg on for the injured Bentancur.
P. Højbjerg
On
P. Højbjerg
Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur
R. Bentancur
Off
R. Bentancur
Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur
Fouls against1
30'
BENTANCUR COULD BE ABOUT TO DEPART EARLY
The midfielder is making his first start since February but can't shake off the knock from the poor challenge from Cash.
28'
YELLOW CARD!
Cash cautioned for a late lunge on Bentancur.
M. Cash
Yellow card
M. Cash
Aston Villa
Aston Villa
Yellow Cards1
Fouls2
Wide1
27'
VILLA GOAL CHALKED OFF!
The VAR check concludes Watkins is offside. It took almost three minutes but eventually play can continue.
Still 1-0 to Tottenham.
26'
THE CHECK CONTINUES
Watkins looks offside, but the VAR team continue to deliberate over it...
24'
GOAL FOR VILLA?
Villa think they have levelled instantly as Watkins nods home a left-wing cross.
VAR - which is now fully functioning after the early glitch - checks for offside...
22'
GOAL! - TOTTENHAM 1-0 ASTON VILLA (LO CELSO)
A right-wing corner finds its way through to Lo Celso on the left edge of the box, who rifles a thunderous first-time strike beyond Martinez via a slight deflection.
G. Lo Celso
Goal
G. Lo Celso
Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur
Goals1
On target1
Fouls against1
Corners1
20'
MORE FRUSTRATION FOR THE HOSTS
Son can't quite grow enough to nod home Gil's sumptuous cross from the right.
Surely the Lilywhites are going to make something count soon. Villa are creaking badly.
18'
TOTTENHAM CHANCE
It's a desperate heel of a Villa defender that denies Son a tap-in after Porro's run beat the offside trap and gave him the opportunity to try and square it for his captain.
16'
VILLA'S HIGH LINE IS BEING EXPOSED TIME AND TIME AGAIN
Martinez is quick off his line to thwart Kulusevski after the forward was put clear by Bentancur.
The offside flag goes up again, but Villa will get punished if they don't find a way to halt what seems like a constant stream of Spurs runners.