They got knocked out of the FA Cup on Sunday evening after staging a 2-1 loss to Aston Villa at Villa Park. This marks the second domestic cup exit for Spurs within a week after falling to humiliating defeat to Liverpool in the Carabao Cup semi-finals.
Aston Villa clearly had the game under control. Jacob Ramsey scored the opener just 57 seconds into the match thanks to a goalkeeping blunder by Antonin Kinsky. Morgan Rogers scored the other goal in the 64th minute after a mistake from Spurs defender Jed Spence. Mathys Tel was able to get one back for Tottenham in stoppage time, but it had far too little effect.
The defeat increases pressure on Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou, who now faces the challenge of salvaging the season. With an already dismal Premier League campaign, Spurs can only look to the Europa League for any chance of silverware. Joe Hart – former England and Spurs keeper – thinks emerging as the Europa League winner will be vital for Tottenham because that is now the story of the season.
Aston Villa, meanwhile, will now go to the fifth round of the FA Cup, which is their first such progress at last after a decade. Now the team commands the momentum, Unai Emery’s outfit will desire to keep doing it.
Takeaways:
– Aston Villa defeats Tottenham 2-1 in the fourth-round FA Cup clash
– There’s another domestic cup exit for Tottenham inside a week
– Tottenham’s other hope is to grab silverware through the Europa League now.
– Aston Villa completes its 10-year absence by reaching the fifth round of the FA Cup.
