Tottenham Hotspur missed the chance to move back into the top four of the Premier League after falling behind for the 10th successive game in all competitions, as Emiliano Buendía and Douglas Luiz’s second-half goals guided Aston Villa to a 2-0 win, continuing their fine start to life under Unai Emery.
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The first real chance saw Lucas Digne play Ollie Watkins in behind the home defence, but the England international screwed wide after breaking into the box, while at the other end, Boubacar Kamara made a vital intervention to rob Matt Doherty of possession as the wing-back prepared to pull the trigger.
Soon after, Ivan Perisić was forced wide by visiting goalkeeper Robin Olsen and dug out a cross for Kane, whose header was nodded off the line by Ashley Young in the game’s first effort on target on 40 minutes.
Another Watkins effort was blocked by Doherty following good build-up play from Buendía, before Kane miscued midway through the second period, but it was Villa who netted the game’s next goal as Kamara dispossessed Kane and a neat passing move culminated in John McGinn’s inch-perfect through-ball being controlled and converted by Luiz from close range on 73 minutes.
