Tottenham Hotspur’s hopes of regaining its place within the Premier League’s prime 4 have been scuppered because it suffered a demoralising 2-0 house defeat towards Aston Villa on Sunday.
Antonio Conte’s lacklustre facet was devoid of inspiration all through the competition and was punished after the break by targets from Emiliano Buendia and Douglas Luiz.
Tottenham’s France keeper Hugo Lloris, enjoying his first recreation since shedding the World Cup closing, was at fault for Buendia’s Fiftieth-minute opener. And when Luiz added a second within the 73rd minute, house followers started streaming in direction of the exits.
Chants towards Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy rang out and it might have gotten worse as Villa sauntered to solely a 3rd win of their final 22 Premier League clashes with the Londoners.
Tottenham was booed off on the closing whistle as defeat left them in fifth place with 30 factors from 17 matches, two factors behind Manchester United which has a recreation in hand and 13 behind native rival and chief Arsenal.
Villa, which claimed a 3rd win in 4 league video games since former Arsenal supervisor Unai Emery changed Steven Gerrard in November, stays in twelfth place with 21 factors.