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Villa's resurgence continues with turnaround win at Spurs

Substitute Emiliano Buendia’s late winner sealed a 2-1 turnaround win for Aston Villa at Tottenham to continue their resurgence.

Villa's first away league win of the season gave Unai Emery's side their fifth straight victory in all competitions, after they had failed to win their first six games this season.

Villa had to recover from Rodrigo Bentancur's fifth-minute opener as he slammed home from close range to give Spurs the perfect start.

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Rodrigo Bentancur gave Tottenham an early lead

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Emi Buendia completes the turnaround for Aston Villa, who now lead at Tottenham.

But Villa grew into the game, and Morgan Rogers brought them level with a stunning 37th-minute strike.

Rogers' first goal of the season was described as "beautiful" by Sky Sports' Roy Keane after he arrowed a dipping effort from distance past Tottenham goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario.

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Morgan Rogers slammed home the leveller for Aston Villa

The England international's upturn in form, having assisted in the wins over Burnley and Fulham, has coincided with Villa's strong improvement that told in the second half.

In the 77th minute, wonderful link-up play between full-backs Matty Cash and Lucas Digne, with Keane calling Cash's pass "ball of the season", saw Digne tee up substitute Buendia to curl home into the bottom far corner.

Tottenham failed to have a shot on target after Buendia's goal as their seven-game unbeaten run in all competitions came to an end.

Spurs' home woes also deepened - they have now won just three of their last 18 Premier League games at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Thomas Frank's side dropped to sixth as 10th-place Villa climbed into the top half to move three points off the top four.

Team news:

Spurs were forced into a late change after captain Cristian Romero was injured in the warm-up and replaced by Kevin Danso. Before Romero’s injury, Spurs changed one from the win at Leeds as Djed Spence came in for the injured Destiny Udogie.

Ollie Watkins started on the bench for Aston Villa as Unai Emery made two changes from the win over Burnley. Evann Guessand came in for, while midfielder Amadou Onana replaced the benched Lamare Bogarde.

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