No revival in sight for 'fragile' Spurs after Villa defeat

The closer Tottenham went to scoring the more it seemed likely they would concede.

"Too fragile" was how boss Roberto de Zerbi described his side after the 3-2 defeat by Aston Villa .

Comfortable and on top until Johan Manzambi's scrappy opener for the visitors - while Spurs were temporarily down to 10 men as Micky van de Ven had treatment - they never recovered.

It only got worse as goals from Nicolas Jackson and Emi Buendia put the visitors 3-0 up.

De Zerbi's men now go into a three-week international break still waiting for a first Premier League win this season as Conor Gallagher and Jan Paul van Hecke's late goals - the club's first in the league - were of little consolation.

In the bottom three after spending over £300m in the summer there appears to be no end in sight to Spurs' struggles.

Tottenham have failed to win any of their last 36 Premier League matches when conceding first so the writing was on the wall at half-time.

They dominated the opening 20 minutes and Villa keeper Zion Suzuki denied Savio and Archie Gray but, without a goal, they were always going to be vulnerable at the other end.