Key events
And to wrap this blog up, here’s Paul MacInnes’s match report from the ground:
The FA Cup marathon goes on: you can join Rob Smyth for the evening game as Liam Rosenior, once of this parish, makes his Chelsea debut in the dugout:
Here’s Morgan Rogers talking to the BBC: “We were good the first half, second half they came out really well. We had to dig deep and I think we deserved the win in the end.”
“I feel really good, I’m in a good bit of form, but so are the team as a collective. This was a big test and I think we overcame it really well.”
Tottenham were much better in the second half but after about 70 minutes it all went a bit flat again and Villa were able to reassert themselves. There were plenty of boos at the final whistle, though nothing too vitriolic. Even so, Thomas Frank faces a tricky week you feel.
Bit of a bench-clearer there but it seems to have subsided. I’d like to see a replay of what kicked all that off. Rogers was certainly unimpressed by that Palhinha challenge in the second half. The fire has been put out though.
It’s all kicking off near the Spurs goal. Rogers and Palhinha to the fore.
Full-time: Tottenham 1-2 Aston Villa
Peep! PEEP!! PEEEEEEEP!!! All over. Villa through to the fourth round. Spurs out.
90+4 min: One last attack …peters out.
90+3 min: Watkins fires an effort in and Vicario does very well to react and drop on the ball. Spurs have lost the thread a bit in the last 10 or 15, in all honesty.
90+2 min: Davies is loose in possession and Watkins forces a corner. Tick-tock, tick-tock …
90 min: Four minutes added time to play.
89 min: “I’m not convinced by this Beatles thread, Spurs’ similarity to the White Album is merely superficial,” writes David Wall. “After all, they’re in desperate need of a Revolution(ary) No. 9 whereas the White Album would have been improved without it.”
88 min: Scarlett is late on Tielemans and joins the rest in the referee’s book of Very Naughty Boys.
86 min: Spurs have been so much better this half but time is ticking away from them now. And it’s been 15 minutes since they really threatened.
85 min: Rogers hobbles away from that one and looks in a fair amount of pain, not surprisingly. “Excessive force” I think is the phrase.
84 min: Palhinha hammers into Rogers, winning the ball pretty cleanly but very, very, very firmly. An old-school cruncher. Free-kick, much to the home side’s chagrin. Palhinha goes into the book.
82 min: More subs! Spence and Solanke on, Porro and Odobert off. It’s Solanke’s first appearance since August.
81 min: Simons does brilliantly to turn away from a couple of challenges in midfield. His burst forward ends with Garcia being booked for bringing the Dutchman down.
80 min: Porro gets in the assistant referee’s grill as a result of that – correct – decision and is booked for his troubles.
79 min: Simons has the ball in the net but the flag has been up for a while – and rightly too, he was a yard off.
77 min: Subs! Tel off, Scarlett on for the home side. Maatsen and Cash off, Digne and Garcia on for the visitors.
76 min: It’s all got a bit frenetic, which you’d think would suit the side chasing the game but it’s all Villa at the moment.
75 min: More fine defending from Spurs as Rogers gets round the back and tries to pull the ball back to Watkins. Seconds later Buendia fires over from range.
73 min: Off the line! Porro denies Villa a goal of the round contender. A wonderful flowing move from the right puts Buendia through again – his poked effort goes beyond Vicario but the right-back is there to clear.
71 min: Bogarde is again dispossessed in his own final third. The loose ball falls to Palhinha, whose effort looks goalbound before being deflected away.
69 min: Rogers is bundled over unceremoniously by Palhinha on the touchline, sparking a bit of mild pushing and shoving,
68 min: Just for a second it looks like Odobert is going to get himself clean through on goal but the ball just bobbles beyond his control.
67 min: Buendia is booked for a tug on Gray as Spurs look to break.
66 min: Tel and Simons cause a bit of havoc on the Spurs left but can’t find a way through but the last 15 minutes or so have been far, far better from Spurs.
64 min: … which flicks off Danso and out for a goal kick. Villa bring on Sancho and Watkins for Malen and McGinn.
63 min: Van de Ven flicks on Danso’s long throw and Spurs have a corner …
61 min: Down at the other end on a rare foray forward, Malen shimmies inside but sees his shot deflected into the waiting arms of Vicario.
60 min: The decibel level has gone through the roof.
59 min: Odobert springs from midfield again but rather optimistically shoots from the edge of the box. Bizot gathers.
