Tottenham vs Aston Villa

Tottenham Hotspur hosts Aston Villa on New Year's Day hoping to extend a lethal streak in this fixture over recent years.

Spurs just missed the mark in their comeback fixture following the World Cup, though there was at least a little pride to be felt after they responded from two goals down to draw 2-2 at Brentford. Antonio Conte will aim to get the ball rolling in triumphant fashion as his Tottenham Hotspur side hosts Aston Villa on Sunday in what will be the first Premier League match of 2023. Villa hopes to have a world champion of its own ready to return as goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez comes back into contention, offering a much-needed boost at the back if he is ready to return.

Here are our Tottenham Hotspur player ratings after their 2-0 defeat at home to Aston Villa in the Premier League on New Year's Day.

Had a big chance in the first half to set up Kane for a clear effort on goal but overhit the pass. Didn't touch the ball for a long time in the first half until he got a chance with a header cleared off the line by Young. Spurs used him a lot down the left and he had a big chance in the second half that he sliced over. Off the pace at times and picked up a fifth yellow card of the season after labouring to get back and making a late lunge, which means he'll miss the match at Palace in midweek. Had a lovely link-up with Gil early in the first half before nutmegging Mings in the Villa box only for his shot to be deflected away from goal. Back in the starting line-up, the captain had nothing to do until early in the second half when he spilled Luiz's shot and Watkins teed up Buendia to score.

Tottenham Hotspur vs Aston Villa. Premier League. 2:00pm, Sunday 1st January 2023. Tottenham Hotspur StadiumAttendance: ...

The goalkeeper as well, after this clean sheet and with his performance, which helps us to believe in our goalkeepers, not only in Martinez, as well with Robby. Today we needed defensively to be strong, together and try to arrive in some moments. They didn't feel they deserved to be 1-0 down after a big effort in the first half. We are not so lucky with the goals we are conceding in this period. We had only one, Watkins' action in the first 15 minutes. And then you can pay something emotionally." I think today is OK to add the confidence in the team." "But in the second half we kept with our plan, and we scored one goal and that gave us confidence to keep moving ahead in our mentality, to our defence, and when we have option to have ball possession and then attack. "To score the second goal was amazing because in that moment we were thinking the match and three points was for us. "We have to build a team thinking we can control the match, sometimes with ball and sometimes without the ball. The Brazilian is relishing greater attacking licence under Unai Emery. "Then in the second half, we started in the same way and then it happened that we conceded another goal.

Aston Villa stunned Tottenham on New Year's Day as Antonio Conte's sluggish side were deservedly beaten at home as their top four push continues to falter.

(AE) Per the report both Werner and De Ligt are up for the move, with the Dutch center back set to be the new center-piece of Thomas Tuchel’s defense, while Werner is keen for a fresh start in Italy as his goalscoring woes in the Premier League continue. (JPW) What a move this would be for a Chelsea team already loaded with attackers, just the latest sign that no one besides (probably) Kai Havertz and Mason Mount are safe in their status with Thomas Tuchel’s Blues. This time around, Lukaku scored 15 goals in 44 appearances (all competitions – 8 in 26 in the Premier League), bringing his Chelsea career total to 15 goals. The American goalkeeper has a very bright future and this is a good move for him to enter the European market and have a huge club like Chelsea handling his development. His quality is clear for all to see and he would slot in well to the 3-4-2-1 system and is very comfortable on the ball and coming out of the back to start attacks. The focus at Chelsea will likely now be on selling players and they will have to move on a lot of fringe players to offset this huge spending spree. As for De Jong, well, Chelsea’s priority is to sign a center back but with Jorginho and N’Golo Kante coming towards the twilight of their careers, De Jong is a very similar player and would slot in very nicely to safeguard the future of Chelsea’s midfield. It is reported (below) that Chelsea will pay the Norwegian side $12.7 million for Fofana. According to The Athletic, the Everton academy product has told Frank Lampard and the Everton board he wants to move to Chelsea to play in the Champions League and push for a place in the England squad. Aston Villa, meanwhile, returned from the World Cup break with a 3-1 home defeat to Liverpool for the first Premier League setback of the Unai Emery era (2W-0D-1L).