How Son greeted Lenglet, Van de Ven masterclass - 5 things spotted in Aston Villa vs Tottenham
Ange Postecoglou's Tottenham side recorded a huge three points in the race for Champions League football following a 4-0 win over Aston Villa. Spurs' victory in the Midlands now sees them move to within two points of their top-four rivals and they crucially have a game in hand to come against Chelsea later in the season.
Making three changes from the win over Crystal Palace with Pedro Porro, Pape Matar Sarr and Brennan Johnson all coming into the side, Tottenham started the game brightly but just couldn't create anything in the final third to trouble the hosts. Villa did grow into the contest but it was just before the half-time whistle when their best chance arrived as Lucas Digne headed John McGinn's cross just wide of the target.
Amid the struggles of both to get a shot away on goal in the opening 45 minutes, it was a completely different game following the restart with James Maddison and Johnson scoring for Tottenham within the space of three minutes. That all came after the visitors had seen Micky van de Ven come off the field with an injury and Radu Dragusin brought on in his place.
Having fallen two goals behind, things were to get even worse for Unai Emery's team as McGinn was shown a straight red following a bad challenge on Destiny Udogie right in front of the Spurs bench. Tottenham then used their numerical advantage to score a couple more goals in stoppage time, with Son Heung-min and Timo Werner completing the scoring as the Lilywhites romped to victory.
Here are five things we spotted in the game at Villa Park:
Postecoglou was handed a big boost going into the Aston Villa encounter with Porro returning from injury to train at Hotspur Way prior to the trip to the Midlands. Brought straight back into the
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