Aston Villa 2-1 Tottenham: Tottenham Hotspur must put Champions League football out of mind for next season. Spurs went down on Saturday at Aston Villa, which remains in the race for a ticket for European football due to the home win.
Spurs can definitely forget CL ticket. Nottingham bothers Chelsea.
The impressive advance of Aston Villa under manager Unai Emery was briefly halted in recent weeks by Manchester United (1-0) and Wolverhampton Wanderers (1-0), but in the duel with Spurs, The Villans made themselves heard again. In the eighth minute it was a hit for Villa: Jacob Ramsey scored the 1-0 on a pass from Leon Bailey.
For Tottenham it was already the fourteenth goal of this season in the first fifteen minutes of a game. The Londoners were lucky that the Argentinian Emiliano Buenda hit the intersection. Spurs, on the other hand, did not have a single goal attempt. After the break, Harry failed Kane to help Spurs on a rare 1-1 chance. Only before Emiliano Martínez did Kane encounter the world champion.
Twenty minutes before the end, Douglas Luiz made the decision in the game. The Brazilian curled in a free kick: Spurs goalkeeper Fraser Forster couldn’t get his hand on the ball enough to prevent the 2-0. Tottenham received a penalty just in time after Martínez knocked Kane down. Kane stayed cool: 2-1.
Kane’s goal did not receive a positive follow-up for Spurs: in extra time, Heung-Min Son was offside with his goal. Due to the defeat, Tottenham, can no longer track number four Manchester United. The Londoners are now sixth, but Villa has leveled and number eight Brighton & Hove Albion still has three games in hand against Tottenham.
Chelsea 2-2 Nottingham Forest
Chelsea and interim manager Frank Lampard ended a dramatic run of defeats last week with a win at Bournemouth, but The Blues quickly ran into trouble again against Nottingham Forest. Taiwo Awoniyi jumped higher than Chelsea defenders Thiago Silva and Benoit Badiashile on a measured cross from Renan Lodi and headed the ball past the outbound Edouard Mendy.
The spectators at Stamford Bridge were again not spoiled by the home team, but shortly after the break they had reason to cheer. After a withdrawn cross from Trevoh Chalobah, Raheem Sterling tapped in the 1-1 for Chelsea. Not long after that, the England international was also responsible for the 2-1. After Sterling knocked Felipe out, the striker placed the ball wonderfully in the far corner.
The lead did not last long. After a long throw-in by Moussa Niakhaté, Chelsea couldn’t get the ball away. And on a pass from Orel Mangala, Awoniyi headed in his second goal of the afternoon. Lampard still hoped to pull out a victory, but it remained 2-2. Chelsea is eleventh after the draw, for number sixteen Nottingham the point is more than welcome in the relegation battle.
