Tottenham thrash 10-man Aston Villa to close gap in top-four race.

Tottenham thrash 10-man Aston Villa to close gap in top-four race

Bye! Here’s a farewell gift, in the shape of Ben Fisher’s match report from Villa Park:

This week James Maddison enjoyed going head to head against his Tottenham teammate Micky van de Ven in a darts challenge with elite players Michael Smith and Nathan Aspinall and the Spurs No10 stepped up to the oche here to twist a cagey contest into their favour. By the end, however, Tottenham were able to revel in a comprehensive evisceration of 10-man Aston Villa.

When the fourth official, Darren Bond, indicated 10 minutes of second-half stoppage time, it spelled bad news for Villa, at that point 2-0 and a man down. Then Son Heung-min got in on the act, adding Spurs’ third in consummate style, and the substitute Timo Werner completed the rout, side-footing in.

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Final score: Aston Villa 0-4 Tottenham

90+11 mins: It’s all over! A punishing defeat for Villa, a brilliant win for Spurs, and the fight for fourth is emphatically on!