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Aston Villa secured an impressive comeback win at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, beating Tottenham 2-1 thanks to a sensational long-range strike from Emiliano Buendía with just 13 minutes left on the clock. The Argentine, who had only been on the pitch for 16 minutes, fired a left-footed rocket from outside the box to complete the turnaround for Unai Emery’s men.

The match began in favor of the hosts, as Rodrigo Bentancur gave Tottenham an early lead. The Uruguayan midfielder arrived from deep to finish inside the box after a clever headed assist from Dutch defender Micky van de Ven, who wore the captain’s armband in place of “Cuti” Romero, sidelined during warm-ups due to discomfort.

However, Aston Villa quickly responded, finding the equalizer before halftime. Morgan Rogers unleashed a powerful shot from distance that flew into the top corner — the team’s first attempt on target — leveling the score and shifting the momentum.

In the second half, Unai Emery’s side maintained their aggressive pressing and took advantage of the gaps left by Tottenham’s defense. The introduction of Buendía injected creativity and pace into Aston Villa’s attack, ultimately proving decisive in securing all three points.

With this result, the Birmingham-based team notched their third consecutive Premier League win, climbing to 10th place after a slow start to the season.

Meanwhile, Tottenham slipped to sixth in the standings and now sit five points behind league leaders Arsenal, adding pressure to their top-four ambitions.

Buendia climbed off the bench to seal a gritty victory for Unai Emery's team at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, where Morgan Rogers had cancelled out Rodrigo Bentancur's earlier effort.

Bentancur broke the deadlock in the fifth minute with his first Premier League goal of 2025, his first-time finish taking a slight deflection off Amadou Onana after Joao Palhinha cushioned Mohammed Kudus' deep cross into his path.

However, Rogers fired the visitors level before half-time, whipping a 20-yard strike beyond Guglielmo Vicario to net for the first time in the Premier League this term.

Spurs wasted some decent sightings in the second half, and were made to pay when Buendia curled in brilliantly from the edge of the box.

Brennan Johnson blazed over in stoppage time as Villa held on to move up to 10th on 12 points, within two points of Spurs.

Since the start of last season, Tottenham have dropped more points from winning positions at home in the Premier League (19) than any other side. They have lost five times after leading at home in the division during this time, also a league-high tally.

With just four points in four home Premier League games this season, this is Spurs' poorest home start to a league campaign since 2008-09, when they had one point from their opening four at home.

They started well enough, though. In fact, since the beginning of last season, sides managed by Thomas Frank have scored more Premier League goals in the opening five minutes of games (six; five with Brentford, one with Spurs) than any other teams.

However, it ultimately proved academic, with Villa enjoying their first away league win after falling behind in exactly a year (against Fulham), having lost 10 of their previous 11 away league games in which they trailed before today.