Aston Villa secured their place in the fifth round of the FA Cup with a 2-1 win over Tottenham Hotspur in Villa Park.
Despite the delayed terrorism by visitors, the UNAI EMERY side gave a dominant performance, creating many chances and eventually holding a well -deserved victory.
The game started a striking start for the hosts as Jacob Ramsey put the villa in the first minute.
Morgan Rogers’ offensive game in his middle saw he slipped by three Spurs players before making a perfectly weighted crossing on the Ramsey path.
The midfielder was straight to Tottenham Antonin Kinsky’s goalkeeper, but the young cap failed to face it, allowing the ball to stumble inside and the net.
The villa continued to dominate the processes throughout the first semester, creating a series of chances.
Donyell Malen, Leon Bailey, Youri Tielemans and Rogers examined Kinsky, but Spurs managed to avoid further punishment.
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Tottenham, on the other hand, struggled to create a lot of attack, with the best opportunity to fall on the son of Heung-Min, who forced a strong save from Emiliano Martinez in the middle of half. During the break, despite control of the villa, the score remained only 1-0.
Tottenham came out more intentions in the second half, with Yves Bissouma, Dejan Kulusevski and the son who all had early attempts were blocked as they asked for a way back to the game.
However, Villa maintained their aggressive threat and was eventually rewarded for their pressure shortly after the time.
Malen played a quick one or two with Bailey before leading a low ball to the goal of the goal. Pedro Porro’s desperate clearance fell directly to Rogers, who made no mistake close to the double villa.
Spurs, now chasing the game, is pressing forward, but was a waste of the target. Mathys Tel, Danso, and the son all had opportunities to pull a back.
The replacement Marcus Rashford had the opportunity to put the game beyond doubt late, but his heavy touch saw the opportunity to escape.
As the game entered the interruption time, Tottenham finally found a major discovery. Kulusevski hit an excellent cross from the right and met it with a dirty volleyball out of the leg, guiding the ball in the far corner.
The goal gave Spurs a shine of hope four minutes to play, but Villa was holding to secure the victory.
Victory means Villa Advance in the fifth round of the FA Cup for the first time from the 2014-15 campaign, when they reached the final.
For Tottenham, however, it marks another disappointing exit from a domestic cup competition, adding to their recent races under the Ange Postecoglou.
Spurs’s inability to get their chances and defensive weaknesses once again proved to be expensive, leaving their hopes of silverware this season hanging from a thread.
