Tottenham 3 - 1 Aston Villa: Harry Kane rescues the 'roosters'

Previously, Man City and Liverpool had entered the field and won resounding victories on the opening day of the Premier League.

If Liverpool had a convincing 4-1 victory over Norwich, the defending champion Man City did even more with a 5-star victory over West Ham United. Therefore, Spurs are determined to get 3 points against Aston Villa to start the exciting race.

With home advantage and a squad of quality players, Tottenham confidently held the ball and launched an attacking game right from the opening whistle. In the first 5 minutes of the match, the home team had at least 2 chances to open the score, but unfortunately Lucas Moura could not convert the opportunities into goals.

Harry Kane scored a double against Aston Villa. Photo: Getty

Having been behind early on, Tottenham continued to push forward but were met with fierce resistance from the visitors. With a tight and disciplined defence, Aston Villa players really showed that they had prepared well for their trip to London to face Tottenham in their opening match.

On the home team side, the expected contract Ndombele did not really play well, when being blocked by the away team's midfielders. With the away team Aston Villa, they chose a slow, steady style of play, occasionally having quick attacks that caused many dangers to goalkeeper Lloris' goal.

It was not until the 34th minute of the match that the home team had a clear situation after Harry Kane's attempt to finish from outside the penalty area, but the ball went over the crossbar after touching an Aston Villa player.

Before the end of the first half, Tottenham seemed to have a chance to equalize the score when Ndombele had a pass that Kane headed from about 5m away, but the ball went just over the crossbar.

Tottenham's expensive new signing, Ndombele, scored the equalizer to help Tottenham successfully reverse the score in the opening day of the Premier League against Aston Villa. Photo: Getty.

With the opening goal, the "roosters" began to play more smoothly. Under pressure from the home team, Aston Villa players gradually revealed their inexperience in slowing down the pace of the match, especially against a pressing opponent like Tottenham.

And what had to happen happened, in the 86th minute, Aston Villa captain Jack Grealish lost the ball in the middle of the field, creating an opportunity for Lamela to take a shot and put the ball right in Kane's position for the England striker to make a rebound, raising the score to 2-1 for Tottenham.

In the 90th minute, Harry Kane completed his double after a quick counter-attack and a diagonal shot that defeated goalkeeper Heaton to seal a 3-1 victory for Tottenham.

Winning 3-1 at home against Aston Villa, Tottenham had a smooth start to the new season with the first 3 points, to join Liverpool and Man City at the top of the rankings right from the first rounds.

Goal scorer:

Tottenham: Ndombele (74'); Harry Kane (86',90')
Aston Villa: McGinn (9')
Line-up:
Tottenham:Lloris; W.Peters, Alderweireld, Sanchez, Rose, Winks, Sissoko, Ndombele,Lamela,Lucas,Kane
Aston Villa:Heaton; Elmohamady, Engels, Mings, Taylor, Hourihane, McGinn, Grealish, Trezeguet, El Ghazi, Wesley
Results of some previous matches:
Liverpool 4 - 1 Norwich
West Ham United 0 - 5 Manchester City
Bournemouth 1 - 1 Sheffield
Burnley 3 - 0 Southampton
Palace 0 - 0 Everton
Watford 0 -3 Brighton