Tottenham Hotspur suffered yet another defeat at home in the Premier League as Aston Villa stunned them with two brilliant goals after an early opener.

Tottenham Hotspur fans would’ve been quite happy to finally watch their team play again after the two-week international break, but had they known what kind of football they were about to witness, they would probably have wished the break went on for a few more weeks.

Even before the afternoon turned sour, it had already started badly. Destiny Udogie wasn’t in the matchday squad for what Thomas Frank described as a “minor irritation”, and Cristian Romero was pulled out of the starting eleven just minutes before kick-off after picking up an injury during the warm-up, forcing Kevin Danso to start in his place.

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It took Tottenham less than five minutes to open the scoring. Mohammed Kudus whipped in a dangerous cross to the back post, where Joao Palhinha headed it across goal, and Rodrigo Bentancur was on hand to smash it in from close range.

Barely two minutes later, Spurs thought they had doubled their lead when Kudus finished smartly from a tight angle after being released by a long ball from Micky van de Ven, but...