Son back in the goals as Spurs beat Palace, Ings salvages point for Villa

Aston Villa 1 Wolves 1

A sprightly start at Villa Park saw both sides trade early blows, with Leon Bailey coming close for the hosts inside the opening five minutes.

It was Wolves who had the better chance, but some heroic Ezri Konsa defending on the line denied Nathan Collins a maiden competitive goal in the famous gold of Wolves.

That was only a temporary reprieve for Villa, who fell behind just moments later when Daniel Podence bypassed a limp Douglas Luiz challenge and curled home a sumptuous effort beyond the reach of returning FIFA World Cup winner Emiliano Martínez.

Lucas Digne forced Jose Sa into action from a free-kick midway through the first half, but that was far from the standards Villa have set in recent weeks, as an expectant home faithful sounded out their discontent throughout the half and even more audibly as Jarred Gillett rang out the half-time whistle.

A cluster of substitutes did stem the flow of the second half somewhat, but despite needing to force the issue to get back into the game, Villa still looked more likely to concede a second than find an equaliser.

One of Wolves’ substitutes Adama Traore really ought to have placed the game beyond any reasonable doubt with 20 minutes remaining, but his effort was wild and flew harmlessly over the crossbar.

Villa sub Ludwig Augustinsson was keen to make his own impact on the game too, and he almost did so in fine fashion, thundering a volley goalwards that had Sa beaten all-ends-up only for Max Kilman to head off the line to preserve his side’s slender advantage.

That was only a temporary reprieve for Wolves though, whose defence was eventually breached when Danny Ings raced through on goal and lofted an effort over the on-rushing Sá to set up a grandstand finish in this Midlands derby.

Both sides had chances to snatch a winner, but there was nothing to separate Villa and Wolves in what was a hotly-contested clash. A point will however leave a bitter taste in the mouth of Wolves, who missed the chance to clamber out of the bottom three with victory.

Flashscore Man of the Match: Hugo Bueno (Wolverhampton Wanderers)

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Crystal Palce 0 Tottenham Hotspur 4

Antonio Conte had seen his men concede first in each of their last 10 games in all competitions, so perhaps a little extra pre-match motivation helped inspire a positive start against London rivals here. However, for all of Spurs’ positive intent, very little was produced that proved taxing to Palace goalkeeper Vicente Guaita, who enjoyed a very quiet first half.

His opposite number Hugo Lloris, who had been culpable in Spurs’ latest defeat to Aston Villa, went some way to making amends by producing a fine stop to deny Jordan Ayew’s powerful effort down to his right.

The visitors were hanging on at times, struggling to get out of their own half whilst being unable to stem the flow of chances.

Centre-back Joachim Andersen nearly raised the roof as his 30-yard rocket drifted narrowly wide, before Michael Olise saw an effort deflected wide.

With the words of their manager still ringing in their areas, Tottenham recovered from a nervous restart to take the lead for the first time in 11 outings.

Kane was the scorer on his 300th Premier League appearance, who rose highest to nod home from point-blank range after being found by Ivan Perisic’s expertly-placed cross.

Patrick Vieira’s men had a good track record of coming from behind, rescuing 12 points from losing positions in the league this term, a total only bettered by Spurs.

That task was made much more difficult though, when Tottenham’s centre-forward doubled the lead with a trademark piece of brilliance.

Receiving a strong pass from Bryan Gil, Kane’s touch was exquisite to get the ball out of his feet before lashing the ball into the far corner.

As Palace pushed forward, Spurs were finding oceans of space on the break and they made that pay to pull three clear.

Kane did the running, initially teeing up Son Heung-Min, but the South Korean failed to work an angle and instead found Matt Doherty who fired into the far corner.

The South Korean then netted in just a second league game this term, as he raced in behind after a Kane ball to shrug off Marc Guehi before rifling home capping off a memorable away day for Spurs.

Flashscore Man of the Match: Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur)

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