Here's why Spurs deserved their win. They dominated possession and territory, plus had 17 attempts at the Villa goal. 

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All over! Spurs made hard work of it, but in the end are celebrating a well-deserved win. Spurs go 10 matches unbeaten in the Premier League to move above West Ham into fifth. Villa are rock bottom after their seventh straight defeats. A lot of fat for Remi Garde to chew over.

Young Spurs sub Josh Onomah isn't feeling any tension. Youthful exuberance sees him drive forward but his shot from distance lacks power. Three minutes for Spurs to wrap this up or for Villa to salvage a draw...

"Four minutes of stoppage time," announces the Spurs PA bloke with a hint of tension. Both sets of fans bellow their support for their teams...

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Tom Holmes: If Villa can grab something out of this game it'll be pretty much the definition of a smash and grab.

NathB: Remember when Villa played outrageous counter attacking football? Whatever happened to that?

Now Spurs go for the oldest time-wasting trick in the book - a late substitution. Dele Alli is the man replaced, with another youngster Josh Onomah coming on for his Premier League debut.

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Tottenham look to take the sting out of Villa with a much-needed spell of possession in the away half. Erik Lamela slows the tempo right down, teases the Villa defence and forces a home corner.

Five minutes for Tottenham to hang on. I cannot believe I am writing that....

Danny Mills
BBC Radio 5 live at White Hart Lane

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"Remi Garde has the best poker face on the planet. If Aston Villa get back in this it could turn around their whole season." 

Who saw this coming? Not me. Villa go close again. Jordan Ayew belting a dipping shot inches over the Spurs crossbar. Now it is the away end - behind the goal which Villa are attacking - which is making all the noise.

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Almost an equaliser! A high ball is slung towards new Spurs arrival Ben Davies, who sees the shadow of Villa striker Rudy Gestede looming over him. Davies is not trusted to deal with the high ball by keeper Hugo Lloris who charges out of his goal. The Frenchman misses the ball, but is relieved to see Gestede's header drop the wrong side of the post.

Aston Villa have had nine shots in the second half, three times as many as the first. Her's how Jordan Ayew's strike went in, though this doesn't show the deflection that took the ball past Hugo Lloris.

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Danny Rose is finished for the evening. On comes Ben Davies in a straight swap. The Welshman's first job is help stop the Villa onslaught....

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Villa fancy this now! Tottenham momentarily down to 10 men as Danny Rose receives some treatment. Can Villa take advantage?

Almost a lifeline for Aston Villa! Leandro Bacuna smashes the post with a curling effort from outside the Spurs box. Hope for the visitors?

Aston Villa - not enough ambition or can they simply just not get out?

They are finding themselves in much deeper positions on average than their Tottenham counterparts, as the graphic below highlights.

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Danny Mills
BBC Radio 5 live at White Hart Lane

"That's the difference between the Championship and the Premier League. Rudy Gested just hesitated for those two chances, but you don't get that time, the defenders are onto you."

Rudy Gestede is getting a taste for this now. Following the corner which he won, the Villa man finds himself presented with another opportunity. But this team he is faced by a wall of white shirts who block his shot.