Tottenham’s Premier League top-four hopes suffered a blow after second-half goals from Emiliano Buendia and Douglas Luiz fired Aston Villa to a 2-0 win.
World Cup finalists Hugo Lloris and Cristian Romero were back for Spurs, but the former was at fault for Buendia’s opener and Luiz was able to wrap up the points with a fine 73rd-minute finish.
The loss inflicted more misery on Antonio Conte’s side, who have conceded first in their last 10 matches and now dropped to fifth in the Premier League.
Spurs struggled to create chances throughout and were booed off after a third home defeat from their last five games.
The best chance of a lacklustre opening half came in the 40th minute when Ashley Young was well placed to clear Harry Kane’s header off the line after Ivan Perisic had rounded Robin Olsen in the Villa goal.
Despite making it to the break without conceding, Tottenham’s habit of falling behind continued five minutes into the second period.
Lloris was at fault in his first appearance since the World Cup final, spilling a Luiz shot from range. Ollie Watkins reacted quickest to tee up Buendia.
The second goal stemmed from Kane losing the ball to Boubacar Kamara before John McGinn exchanged passes with Luiz, who poked home to spark chants from the home faithful against chairman Daniel Levy.
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