Loud boos from furious Aston Villa fans in defeat to Tottenham who move out of drop zone

Spurs boss Robert De Zerbi, speaking to BBC Match of the Day: “Especially in the first half, we could score more goals than two. We didn’t concede any chance to score and played very well. The right spirit and behaviour on the pitch. I’m pleased with the performances.

“I knew my players were very good before this game. We have to not forget the situation before Wolverhampton. The season is not finished yet and we cannot be happy just for these two wins. We have to keep working with the same mentality.

“And now I don’t want to hear the positive voice. We have to stay focused for the next game. I think my biggest job is to help the players to show their qualities. Their level is not to fight for relegation but we have to accept and be stronger than the people who speak too much.

“We have to feel the same pressure. Football can change week-by-week and we can’t forget the position in the table and what we felt before the Wolves game. We have to push again.”

Spurs midfielder Conor Gallagher, speaking to TNT Sports: “We’re really happy with the performance and the three points. It’s been a perfect night but hopefully it’s just the start. We want to carry it on for the last few games of the season.

On his goal: “It’s a good goal. I’m really happy with my first goal. It’s always a relief to get the first goal and hopefully a few more can come now.

On Roberto De Zerbi: “I can’t speak highly enough of him. He’s been so good. Every player in the squad has taken to him; he makes you feel so good. He brings the best out of you.

On the fans: “They’ve had a really rough time this season, along with us. We’re all one. Hopefully, this can be the start of something great.”

“We didn’t deserve more.” 👀

Unai Emery gives an honest assessment of Aston Villa’s performance this evening.

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“We have a big game on Thursday to focus on and pick the bones of what went wrong today.” 👀

Tyrone Mings reflects after defeat for Aston Villa.

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Here’s the social media reaction after loud boos from furious Aston Villa fans in defeat to Tottenham who move out of drop zone…

@UpTheVillaLad: 🤢 refund the fans!! Honestly that was absolutely atrocious

@NUFCMurph: You best believe we’re all praying you lose on Thursday and you miss out on UCL in the league after that performance

@VillaViews_: I’ve never turned off after 30mins before but tonight is that time. An utter disgrace of 11 players not trying – after 7 changes that essentially say ‘we don’t care about this one’. Rarely been as angry as a fan. #avfc

@jk_fof: Something doesn’t sit right with me about this. There is no way he’d throw a game away like this which would strengthen villa’s UCL spot. Wouldn’t surprise me Villa have been told to let spurs win to keep them in the prem.

@VillaAstonNews: I hope the management and players read these comments. Embarrasing the lot of you. No fight, no desire. Nothing. I dont care if weve made 7 changes. Its a disgrace. Worst performance ive seen under emery.

@b_z_p1: If we don’t win on Thursday, Unai has questions to answer. Not saying he needs sacking, at all, but decisions over the last few games are deeply concerning and risks our season nose diving. This has made Thursday harder. We only forget this if we win Thursday, if not… 😳

@avfcjally: we’ve just allowed spurs to stay in the premier league with the most spineless performance i’ve seen from Villa in a long time, don’t let this be for nothing

@TomRutherford17: For a club like us trying to ‘break the establishment’ as we say, we should be actively trying to send them down. The approach to tonight was fucking shocking.