The Aston Villa team defeated Tottenham 2-1 in their away match in the eighth round of the English Premier League, BTA reported.
The Birmingham team was behind in the score in the fifth minute when Rodrigo Bentancur gave Tottenham the lead. The Uruguayan took advantage of a pass from Joao Palinha, which passed the entire defense of the guests.
Mohamed Qudus scored another for the "Spurs", but he was in an offside position.
In the 37th minute, Morgan Rodgers equalized with a great shot from outside the penalty area under the crossbar of Vicario's goal.
After the break, Wilson Odobert and Palinha made mistakes for Tottenham. This is how it came to the 77th minute, when Luca Din passed to Emiliano Buendia, who with an instant shot scored the ball into the left corner - 1:2.
Thus, Aston Villa made a complete turnaround and climbed to tenth place with 12 points, while Tottenham has two more, but dropped to sixth position.