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A fierce second-half rally failed to prevent Tottenham Hotspur from exiting the FA Cup after losing 1-2 at home. aston villa Further increasing the pressure on Thomas Frank.
Frank has endured a nightmare week after he inadvertently used a coffee cup emblazoned with the logo of Tottenham’s rivals. arsenal before losing 3-2 to Bournemouth on Wednesday.
A successful cup run last season bought time for Frank’s predecessor Ange Postecoglou, but first-half goals from Villa duo Emiliano Buendia and Morgan Rogers It was enough to hand Tottenham their fourth defeat in their past seven games.
Wilson O’Dolbert reduced the deficit in the 55th minute and Spurs created more chances in the second half, but they eventually failed again, prompting more boos for Frank and leaving his tenure in jeopardy.
Tempers were low throughout the game, but Villa’s 13th win in 15 games ensured Emery’s side continued to fight on three fronts.
It’s been a crazy week for Tottenham Hotspur with multiple players injured, Frank involved in a coffee cup storm and the captain also injured Christian Romero The targets are unspecified members of the hierarchy, but Dominic Solanke’s return to the bench is a boost.
Both teams made plenty of adjustments, but Villa were forced to make early substitutions due to an injury to Boubacar Kamara.
Donyell Malen scored for the in-form visitors before Spurs began to build momentum by wearing special edition kits to commemorate the 125th anniversary of their 1901 FA Cup victory.
Odobert fired straight at Villa substitute goalkeeper Marco Bizot before Matthijs Teller misfired, but Spurs’ vulnerability was exposed in the 22nd minute.
John McGinn passed the ball to Mullen, who turned away from Pedro Polo, slid into Buendia and fired into the net.
Soon after, Guglielmo Vicario saved a piledriver from Villa defender Matty Cash, but Frank cursed his luck again in the 28th minute when Richarlison suffered a muscle injury and had to be replaced by Randall Kolo Muani.
Spurs fought back successfully when Danso headed past Ter’s corner, Kolo Mouani’s goal was ruled out for offside and then another Danso shot went wide, but the fatal blow came in first-half stoppage time.
Ter’s pass was intercepted and Buendia pulled Rodgers into the corner with lightning speed.
At the half-time whistle, Booth was greeted by Villa’s away fans chanting “Frank is an Arsenal fan.”
Tottenham were out early and the home side started to fight back after Vicario’s initial poor pass went unpunished Harvey Denied before Ben Davis fired.
In the 54th minute, Kolo Muani regained possession from Lamare Bogarde and passed to Odobert, who drilled into the bottom corner to narrow the gap.
Tottenham’s South Stand came alive again and Xavi almost equalized, but Bizotte saved and Odobert fired straight at the Villa goalkeeper.
Villa should have ended the game when Joao Palhinha’s curling ball was headed wide by Pau Torres, but Buendia beat Vicario only for Porro to crawl out of the net.
Xavi nearly punished the visitors when he rounded Bizzo to score, but the offside flag was raised.
Solanke, making his first appearance since August 23, caused huge noise but Villa held on before Palinha and Ollie Watkins sparked a full-field melee.