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Half time: Aston Villa 1-0 Tottenham Hotspur

45+2 min Spence’s roller from 25 yards is comfortably saved by Martinez.

45+1 min Grey’s ball out of defence is intercepted by Bailey. He performs in Malen, who hits the facet netting from a good angle. As Alan Shearer says, he wanted to go throughout the keeper – if not essentially to attain then no less than drive a save and a possible rebound that may have been snapped up by Tielemans.

44 min Now Villa are having a good spell as we method half-time. A second aim now could be a killer blow to Spurs.

40 min Martinez prices out of his space to beat Son to Porro’s by means of ball. Wonderful goalkeeping. He’s so good.

39 min Grey is a bit fortunate to flee a yellow card after pulling again Malen.

37 min Spurs are having their first prolonged spell of possession. They’re missing in confidence, although, and there’s little of the breezy inventiveness with which they play at their finest.

34 min Moore performs a fast by means of move to Son, who’s barely on his heels. That enables Digne, who learn the play properly, to get again and clear.

32 min This time it’s Rogers who runs straight by means of midfield. His shot from 25 yards bounces up awkwardly and is pushed away by the diving Kinsky. Malen’s comply with up, underneath stress from Danso, goes properly vast.

30 min As Alan Shearer factors out on BBC, most of Villa’s probabilities have come from gamers both operating or sliding a move straight by means of the center of the Spurs midfield. That’s by no means an ideal signal.

29 min: Wonderful save by Kinksy! Bailey runs at a backpedalling Spurs defence, will get to the sting of the realm and rams a shot that’s pushed away to his proper by Kinsky. The free ball breaks to Ramsey, who hits the surface of the submit from a really tight angle. I think Kinsky had Ramsey’s shot coated. Both means, the primary save was glorious.

27 min: Villa substitution Lamane Bogarde replaces Ezri Konsa. Replays present that he tweaked one thing whereas operating again in the direction of his personal aim simply earlier than that Son probability.

Villa may have Axel Disasi, on mortgage from Chelsea, obtainable within the Premier League however he’s cup-tied right now.

25 min Ezrik Konsa is down and receiving therapy. Villa are already with out Tyrone Mings and Pau Torres so it is a fear.

24 min: Nice probability for Son! Mikey Moore runs onto a straight move down the proper and slides an excellent low cross to Son, who shoots straight at Martinez from 10 yards. Martinez did properly to get throughout his line and unfold himself, however an in-form Son would rating there.

23 min Bailey goes down after being caught by Spence, whose studs rolled over the ball and into Bailey’s foot. He’s tremendous.

20 min Villa break and Ramsey, discovered by Malen, shoots a couple of yards vast from the sting of the realm. He was in a really comparable place for the aim.

20 min McGinn is pressed properly by Bergvall in his personal space, however he has time to gather the free ball and clear. Higher from Spurs although.

19 min As at Anfield, Spurs are actually struggling to maintain the ball. That’s worrying as a result of it’s the one a part of their sport that was in first rate working order even once they had been dropping video games.

18 min Tielemans gallops decisively by means of midfield, holds off a problem from Moore and whips a shot simply vast from 22 yards. Beautiful effort.

15 min: Good save by Kinsky! Bailey cuts inside from the proper, makes use of the overlapping Garcia by not utilizing him and flashes a curling shot in the direction of the far nook. Kinsky dives an extended solution to his proper to push it away.

Kinsky’s drawback with the aim, by the way, is that the ball was nearer to him than he realised. He dived to his left when he didn’t really want to and that’s why he fumbled it over his proper hip and into the online.

14 min: Probability for Malen! Kinsky virtually lets the ball run underneath his ft. Finally his move out is intercepted on the Villa proper. The ball is fed shortly into Malen, who splashes over the bar from about 12 yards. There was a defender jockeying him so it wasn’t a straightforward probability, however an opportunity it assuredly was.

13 min A pleasant Villa transfer down the left ends with Digne’s cross deflecting behind for a nook. Tielemans clips a harmful ball that’s cleared away awkwardly by Bergvall. Villa regain possession and Garcia splashes excessive and vast from the sting of the realm.

12 min Villa ought to go in for the kill right here as a result of Spurs, although they’re working onerous, look understandably fragile.

8 min Spurs are passing the ball round on the again, attempting to really feel their means into the sport after the shock of that early aim.

6 min McGinn’s free-kick flashes throughout the face of aim. Spurs have to trip out this storm.

The aim got here so early that I forgot to let you know that Spurs have began with Tel on the left wing and Son at centre-forward.

5 min “Absolute SCENES at Ibrox the place Queens Park of the Scottish Championship have defeated Rangers within the Scottish Cup final 16, with the house facet lacking a (doubtful) Ninety fifth-minute penalty,” writes Simon McMahon. “A efficiency for the ages by the Spiders, and their goalkeeper Calum Ferrie. A transparent path to cup glory now awaits for Dundee United Celtic.”

Coronary heart and Hand might be price a hear tonight.

3 min Ramsey may need been offside – it was definitely tight – however there’s no VAR on this sport. It was additionally a trademark, barnstorming run by means of the centre of the sector by Morgan Rogers; it’s so onerous to defend in opposition to someone who often beats gamers within the centre of the sector as a result of it opens every thing up. Rogers seems to be a helluva participant.

It’s a nasty mistake from Spurs’ younger keeper Antonin Kinsky. Rogers made the prospect with a thrillng run by means of midfield and a move to Ramsey within the inside-left channel. He moved into the realm and drove a left-foot shot that Kinsky, diving to his left, contrived to push over his personal proper hip and into the online.

GOAL! Aston Villa 1-0 Spurs (Ramsey 1)

1 min Spurs kick off from proper to left as we watch.

A reminder of the groups as they shake arms

Aston Villa (attainable 4-2-2-2) Martinez; Garcia, Konsa, Kamara, Digne; McGinn, Tielemans; Bailey, Ramsey; Malen, Rogers.
Substitutes: Olsen, Zych, Maatsen, Bogarde, Asensio, Rashford, Jimoh-Aloba.

Tottenham Hotspur (attainable 4-2-3-1) Kinsky; Pedro Porro, Danso, Grey, Spence; Bergvall, Bentancur; Moore, Kulusevski, Son; Tel.
Substitutes: Austin, Forster, Davies, Reguilon, Hardy, Cassanova, Bissouma, Sarr, Ajayi.

Referee Anthony Taylor.

Massive Ange on Mathys Tel

We’re going to need to lean on him a good bit now. However he got here right here to play. His bodily situation is just not too dangerous. He hasn’t performed so much however watching him in coaching and final night time, he was nonetheless shifting fairly properly. We have now to watch out with him, additionally. However he got here right here to play and he’ll get a chance to do this.

David Hytner on Spurs’ depressing season

Learn Barney Ronay on Marcus Rashford

There’s a form of lure right here, Flex’s Conundrum, which states that it’s unimaginable to debate Rashford correctly as a result of he doesn’t actually play a lot soccer and isn’t that fascinating when he does; on the similar time it is usually unimaginable to cease discussing him as a result of he’s Marcus Rashford.

That is what the digital noise‑world has given us. Andy Warhol outlined an excellent {photograph} as one which’s in focus and of a well-known individual. Perhaps an excellent trendy soccer dialogue is one which’s a couple of well-known individual, the place that well-known individual’s title is clearly enunciated no less than 10 instances.

No matter occurs at Villa Park – 48 objectives, 12 pink playing cards, the apocalypse – it received’t be the story of the day

Staff information: Tel begins, Rashford on the bench

The small print

Preamble