Aston Villa secured its place in the fifth circle of Fa Cup by winning 2-1 over Tottenham Hotspur in Villa Park.
Despite the late intimidation of visitors, Unai Emery gave a dominant performance, creating a number of chances and eventually held to ask for a well -deserved victory.
The game went to the sensational start of the host while Jacob Ramsey put the villa in front of the starting minute.
The incisive game of Morgan Rogers in the middle of the field saw him pass three Spurs players at a perfectly weighted passage to Ramsey’s path.
The midfielder was straight into Tottenham’s goalkeeper Antonin Kinsky, but the young plug failed to deal with him, which allowed the ball to break through it and in the net.
Villa continued to dominate the actions during the first half, creating a series of chances.
Donyell small, Leon Bailey, Yourri Tielemans and Rogers tested Kinsky, but the Spurs somehow managed to avoid further punishment.
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Tottenham, on the other hand, struggled to create a lot of attacks, with their best chance to fall on his son Heung-Mom, who forced a strong rescue from Emilian Martinez in the middle of the half. In spite of the fairy control, the result remained only 1-0.
Tottenham came out with multiple intentions in the second half, with Yves Bissout, Dejan Kulusevski and son, who blocked the early efforts as they asked for a return to the game.
However, Villa retained its attack threat and was finally awarded for its pressure immediately after an hour.
The little one with Bailey played speed before driving a low ball over the goal of the goal. Pedro Porra’s desperate clearance fell straight to Rogers, who was not wrong from the immediate leading leadership.
The Spurs, who now persecute the game, pressed forward, but were wasteful in front of the goal. Mathys Tel, Danso and Son all had the opportunity to pull it back.
Deputy Marcus Rashford had the opportunity to put the game late, but his difficult touch saw the opportunity.
When the game entered the time of stopping, Tottenham finally found a breakthrough. Kulusevsky hit a great cross on the right, and Tel introduced him to the stroke outside his feet, leading the ball to the far corner.
The goal gave the Spurs a glow of hope with the remaining four minutes, but Villa stayed to secure the victory.
Victory means that Villa progressed to the fifth circle of FA Cup for the first time after the 2014-15 campaign, when they reached the finals.
For Tottenham, however, it marks another frustration exit from the competition in the domestic Cup, adding their recent fights under Ange Postecoglou.
Spurs’s inability to achieve their chances and their defense weaknesses once again proved expensive, leaving hope that silver accessories would hang the thread this season.
