It was a freakish goal, but it counts all the same. And attempted cross from Marc Albrighton has found nylon, bringing Aston Villa within one in the 82nd minute. Now down only one while still up a man, the home side has a chance to salvage a point.
Aston Villa Vs. Tottenham Hotspur: Marc Albrighton Curls Villa Within One With Eight Minutes Left
Albrighton, on the right flank, played an inswinging, right-footed cross in from 20 yards out. The target was James Collins, playing as a striker. Collins's movement for the ball froze goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes, forces to play the eventual shot. But when that shot never came off Collins's head, Marc Albrighton's ball became the short, curling into the right side of Gomes's net for Villa's opening goal.
The tally will make 17 league matches in a row Spurs have failed to keep a clean sheet, a factoid far from their minds right now. Villa’s goal makes it 2-1, Spurs. Now in the 87th minute with significant stoppage time expected, Villa has about eight minutes to find an equalizer.
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