Aston Villa earn first Premier League win after sweeping aside toothless Tottenham

[p]Having made both a winless and scoreless start to the league campaign, unrest was growing at [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/tottenham/UDg08Ohm/"]Tottenham[/a], so it was imperative they made a fast start to this game.[/p][p]They were left wondering exactly what they had to do to break their scoring duck for the season on 10 minutes when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/savio/EDUNVLJ0/"]Savio[/a] was left free at the far post and forced [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/suzuki-zion/4bDDVvmT/"]Zion Suzuki[/a] into an impressive double save. [/p][image alt="Match stats" id="25a08b9c-4f93-4964-837b-5d5cbc3de685" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="17598469-9775-437e-8afd-93c8484b0cb7" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /][p]The [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/aston-villa/W00wmLO0/"]Villa[/a] stopper was a busy man in the opening exchanges, denying first-half Spurs substitute [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gray-archie/KKqePmhD/"]Archie Gray[/a] with his feet just moments before he had to be alert once more to beat away Savio’s volley from the edge of the area. [/p][p]For all Spurs’ early pressure, they were almost left red-faced, as after losing the ball in their own box, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/buendia-emiliano/dYDvGYIu/"]Emiliano Buendia[/a] came tantalisingly close to firing the visitors in front when his fierce drive was turned behind by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kinsky-antonin/hv1U4aGj/"]Antonin Kinsky[/a]. [/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/jackson-nicolas/jXg8d5RJ/"]Nicolas Jackson[/a] fired in another warning shot moments later when he flashed an effort just wide, but Tottenham hit back with one of their own as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tonali-sandro/fmQVO5TQ/"]Sandro Tonali[/a]’s rocket from 30 yards drifted inches just off-target.[/p][embed guid="b7704272-f60f-49de-acf1-6002c291f70e" url="https://x.com/AstonVilla/status/2101287437011931400" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]And the hosts’ worst fears were realised on the stroke of half-time, when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kamara-boubacar/bcI1EvBk/"]Boubacar Kamara[/a]’s miscued strike was turned home from close range by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/manzambi-johan/pIqmcnKc/"]Johan Manzambi[/a].[/b][/p][p]Introducing [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kudus-mohammed/hzbcXxIG/"]Mohamed Kudus[/a] at the break was a clear signal that De Zerbi was largely unhappy with what he’d seen in the first half, but his change didn’t necessarily spark the reaction he’d have hoped for.[/p][image alt="Momentum" id="2f1516df-87fe-48ff-b653-27958b85bf27" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="7121b5cc-035d-4376-9cf2-8e867314fffe" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /][p]Spurs needed Kinsky to bail them out within 10 minutes of the restart when he denied Jackson one-on-one as frustration started to build in north London.[/p][p]The pressure seemed to be relieved on the hour mark when Tottenham thought they’d finally scored, yet half-time substitute Kudus saw his effort ruled out after [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/robertson-andrew/6e7Be9VI/"]Andy Robertson[/a] had strayed offside in the build-up.[/p][embed guid="9318258c-c921-4e09-aaf4-92d70d478368" url="https://x.com/AstonVilla/status/2101297778043335017" social-type="twitter" /][p]Their misery was compounded a little over five minutes later when Villa doubled their advantage against the run of play.[/p][p][b]It was Jackson who grabbed it against one of his favourite opponents, squeezing an effort into the bottom corner despite Kinsky getting a hand to his strike.[/b][/p][p][b]Things got even worse 11 minutes from time, thanks to Buendia’s 25-yard rocket, which flew into the top corner, a goal that was greeted by a mass exodus and a chorus of boos.[/b][/p][embed guid="dc73207b-855a-4474-be65-0176b1754de9" url="https://x.com/Flashscorecom/status/2101300736558530954" social-type="twitter" /][p]Scoring their first goal of the season was a small saving grace for Spurs, who did manage to score twice in the closing stages when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gallagher-conor/dtbJO8B3/"]Conor Gallagher[/a]’s strike deflected in off [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/cash-matty/hfxPh7Kn/"]Matty Cash[/a], before [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/van-hecke-jan-paul/WG59HGIH/"]Jan Paul van Hecke[/a] headed home with the last kick of the game. [/p][p]However, it certainly won’t be enough to appease the Spurs fans, who will hope De Zerbi can remedy their issues across the three-week international break.[/p][p][b]Flashscore Man of the Match: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/manzambi-johan/pIqmcnKc/"]Johan Manzambi[/a] ([a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/aston-villa/W00wmLO0/"]Aston Villa[/a])[/b][/p][image alt="POTM" id="b151fcad-ed72-41dd-8f1b-713abaeb0c86" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="ac1b852b-9fcb-4719-b5d0-3049c458b61a" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /][h2][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/aston-villa-W00wmLO0/tottenham-UDg08Ohm/summary/stats/?mid=4Sl9Mxal"]Catch up on the match stats with Flashscore[/a][/h2]