Aston Villa secured all three points in their latest Premier League outing this weekend
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Aston Villa won 2-1 away at Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday afternoon. They fell 1-0 down early on after Rodrigo Bentancur’s goal for the hosts. The Midlands outfit fought back though to earn an impressive three points at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Morgan Rogers levelled things up for the visitors before half-time with a thunderous strike. Emi Buendia then came off the bench after the interval to score a late winner. Unai Emery’s men held on for the victory and have kept their recent momentum going.
Aston Villa star Morgan Rogers hailed
Rogers managed to get his first goal of the season in the league for Aston Villa against Spurs. It has taken the England international a while to get going in this campaign to date. The attacker will now be eager to add to his tally over the coming weeks and months.
Sky Sports’ Andy Hinchcliffe was impressed by his goal against Thomas Frank’s side and said: “Villa have struggled to break Tottenham down but in Morgan Rogers they have an individual who can turn a game in a split second. The way he manipulates this ball out of his feet to take it away from the goalkeeper. The strike is simply stunning. There’s pace on it, there’s dip. No chance for the goalkeeper. You’ve got to close down a player as good as this, a player who is in form as well. You have got to get closer than that. You give him sight of your goal and you’re going to get punished. Wonderful strike.”
Rogers, 23, made the move to Villa Park in January 2024 and has since become one of their key players. He is under contract until 2030 and they will be looking to keep hold of him for as long as possible. The former Manchester City man has scored 18 goals in 81 matches in all competitions to date.
What now for Aston Villa?
Aston Villa are on a roll right now and have risen up to 11th in the Premier League table. They have 12 points on the board from their first eight fixtures. Next up is a trip to Holland on Thursday to play Go Ahead Eagles in the Europa League.
Speaking after their victory against Spurs, Emery has said: “I’m very, very proud of every Aston Villa supporter, they are here with us, they support us and they were helping us. And, of course, I’m very proud of the work we did today. The players focused on the match, 90 minutes strongly.
“Even when we were losing, we didn’t lose our gameplan and progressively got better, feeling better. It was really a very good win. As well, confidence is coming, the confidence we’ll need for the next matches. And, of course, we continue being humble in our way, but getting better and trying to build the team, build our structure in everything – tactically, individually as well – in the way we did, in the way we have to.”
He added: added: “Today, we showed, we did one step forward more in our idea for this year how we want to build the team and how we want to be successful. We started poorly but now, progressively, we are getting better and this victory is very, very, very important for our confidence and for the players as well, how they play, perform and compete.”