Overview

• Rodrigo Bentancur opened the scoring for Spurs early with a penalty.
• Morgan Rogers equalized before halftime with a long‑range strike into the top corner.
• Emiliano Buendía came on after the hour and hit a left‑footed winner from outside the box in the 77th minute.
• Tottenham lost Cristian Romero to warm‑up discomfort, with Micky van de Ven wearing the armband.
• Emiliano ‘Dibu’ Martínez started for Villa as the win dropped Spurs to sixth, five points behind leaders Arsenal.