Villa lost to a Tottenham side reduced to 10 men for more than hour at Villa Park thanks to a brace from Rafael van der Vaart, despite Marc Albrighton’s 82nd minute goal setting up a grandstand(ish) finish.
The Dutchman took advantage of some slack defending, ghosting in from left to tap in Hutton’s centre at the near post, brilliantly created by a visionary pass from Luka Modric. He doubled his tally midway through the 2nd half to cap a Tottenham break
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I don’t do it often, but sometimes I check the average position map at half time and compare it with the version at the end of the match. Villa are frequently a second half team, I’ve never seen our team pushed back so much during a second half that the full time map reveals deeper positioning than at half time. Until this game. Rather than simply saying we were too deep in the second half, I think
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A very defensive display from Aston Villa, more so during the second half, forced Spurs to settle for a point in a 1-1 draw. If they’re wondering how they could knock 9 past Wigan last week, but struggled to find the net at all today at Villa Park they need look no further than Brad Friedel and Carlos Cuellar. I don’t normally bother with MotM, but if pushed for an answer I’d give it to the Spaniard as
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