A clever free-kick from the training ground, but Villa can't take full advantage. Philippe Coutinho is standing over a free-kick 30 yards out, but, instead of shooting, he chips a ball over the Spurs defence, it finds Danny Ings who volleys on the turn.

But the England man can't get a proper contact on the strike and it's easy for Hugo Lloris.

Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg then gets himself a yellow for Spurs, pulling Coutinho to the floor.

It's full commitment from the Villa players. Jacob Ramsey launches into a challenge with Rodrigo Bentancur. Ramsey comes off worse, but after a bit of attention, he's OK to carry on. Very enjoyable opening 24 minutes to this one.

Colin Bundred: Coutinho is very talented footballer, however at Liverpool he had periods when you hardly knew he was playing. Just too inconsistent to be a really great player and certainly not a player to build your team around.

That early injury for Matt Doherty does prove to be serious enough to force off the Republic of Ireland international and on comes Sergio Reguilon after only 20 minutes.

Inside seconds, Reguilon is on the receiving end of an early reducer from Danny Ings, catching him as Reguilon was clearing the ball, and that's Ings in the book.

Brighton & Hove Albion

Brighton boss Graham Potter to BBC Sport: "It is a fantastic performance from the players and an even better result; I'm delighted for them. We've had a tough time, but we reset with a strong performance against Norwich and a really good one today. You can see how tough it is to win games in the Premier League.

"We had to hang on and suffer, but we did and the result makes it worth it. You have to disciplined and good defensively here; [Arsenal] are a team who are competing for the Champions League places.

"They are top quality and we respected that; I didn't think we could hang on for the 1-0, we had to score again. Delighted we did that, but even then, we had to suffer at the end."

Two superb saves from Hugo Lloris in the space of three minutes. This one comes from John McGinn's well-hit effort from 25 yards out.

Lovely footwork from John McGinn on the edge of the penalty area to dance his way past a couple of challenges but Ollie Watkins' touch is then a heavy one.

But Villa regroup and come again, with a burst forwards from Jacob Ramsey. It's a powerful shot at goal, with Hugo Lloris showing superb reactions to push it over the top for a corner, which comes to nothing. Top save, and a decent response from the hosts.

Arsenal

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta speaking to BBC Sport: "It has been a tough week; especially today because we wanted a reaction [to the defeat at Crystal Palace]. It came in the second half, which is too late; we have to have the courage and personality to play much better and raise the level in the first half.

"We made it really difficult for ourselves. We were sloppy, we had no purpose to attack, we were really imprecise and we didn't want to play forward.

"We've shown for many weeks how well we can play; it has been a difficult week and we've lost some big players, but if you get what you want, not everything is going to be with a blue sky. This is our team in the good moments and especially the defeats.

"There are many games to play but we have to be concerned about that performance, especially first half."

Matt Doherty gets wiped out by a strong Matty Cash challenge and that could well be the end of Doherty's afternoon.

After some treatment, he's able to carry on but one for Antonio Conte to monitor. Ryan Sessegnon and Sergio Reguilon are among the options on the bench.

Villa then have a chance but Hugo Lloris is down to his left smartly to push away a strike from Cash.

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Have some faith, Alan!

What have Villa got in response? Philippe Coutinho gets hold of the ball and instantly the noise levels rise at Villa Park as the Villa fans expect something special.

He plays it to Danny Ings, whose attempted pass is intercepted by Eric Dier and then bounces back off Ings and to safety.

Watford

Watford boss Roy Hodgson:

“We had a chance to get back into the game but then unfortunately we conceded the second goal and it was always going to be very difficult after that because obviously we became more open.

“I find the scoreline harsh – I don’t think we deserved to lose this game 3-0 on the team’s performance today but we have lost it 3-0 so that’s what I have to come to terms with.

“But I thought there were a lot of things, especially in the second half, that the team could feel more than satisfied with and even in the first half.

“We had a really, really good chance to equalise that we unfortunately didn’t take and, as often happens in a game, especially when you are at the bottom of the league, the second goal comes from a fairly bland situation.

“I don’t think the challenge has altered enormously – that’s a few more points that we could have had that we haven’t taken but there are seven games left, four of them at home, and the players have got to a find way of putting this game behind them.

“They haven’t lost by playing particularly badly, they’ve lost because the other team took their chances and now we have to get back in the right frame of mind for Brentford.”

Dejan Kulusevski, who has looked some player during his loan spell at Spurs from Juventus, bursts into the penalty area for Tottenham, but he can't find a team-mate with his cross from the right only finding a home man.

We're ready for action at Villa Park. Here we go.

Aston Villa have lost their last three Premier League matches, losing each game by a one-goal margin. Indeed, Villa have lost 12 matches by one goal this season, more than any other side.

Eddierocksteady: I've always said Arsenal's biggest problem this season has been under-performing senior players. The youngsters have been great all season - but they can only carry the team so far without crumbling under the load meant for the old guard at the business end.

Southampton

More from Southampton boss Ralph Hasenhuttl: "They had a tough week and really wanted to show up today. You could see from the first moment. The quality is at a level where you can only defend if you are super confident in what you are doing.

"We had no control of anything. When you come out and concede immediately in the second half it is mentally not easy. We have to accept we were by far not the best team but we have to react.

"We need to come back to basics and be critical. Chelsea were super aggressive like we normally are. For us there was no way with our quality today to win the game. We know as a team when we want to press we need to do it together and at the moment we are not convinced to do it together high up. When not everyone does it together it looks horrible. This is nothing new.

"We were lacking in everything today and that was why we conceded six goals. We will find hopefully the right words [to react]."

Leeds United

Leeds boss Jesse Marsch to BBC Match of the Day: “It’s a massive three points when you look at the table.

“I think there was a moment where the team wasn’t at its highest in confidence so the first job was to try to create a little bit of calmness in the group and then we talked immediately about tactical things, about trying to transform the way we played.

“I’ve been very positive with them and I’ve seen a group that’s willing and wants to fight for everything and wants to learn and grow every day. It’s been a pleasure to be their coach.

“They are hungry for more, they are obviously hungry to stay in the league but they are hungry to try to develop and get better and be the best they can be. I really like being here, it’s been a lot of fun but we still have more work to do.

“We’ve talked a lot about defending as a group – it’s not just about our goalkeeper and back-line – and that we understand tactically how we want to make it difficult for the opponent at all times. Different opponents have presented different challenges to us.

“It’s been almost like a pre-season – it’s been six weeks that we’ve been together and every day we’re talking about some new topics and trying to fine tune a lot of the principles that we want to put in place.

“But it’s not a pre-season, it’s a relegation fight so I’ve been drawing on the mentality of the group a lot – they are fantastic in that way. We have a lot of good leaders in the group and they work their butts off. It’s a pleasure to work with them every day and we’ve got to keep going."