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All five of Jacob Ramsey's Premier League goals this season have come at Villa ParkAston Villa's transformation from relegation strugglers to European contenders continued with victory over Tottenham, whose hopes of securing a Champions League place ended at Villa Park.
Jacob Ramsey's tidy eighth-minute finish was followed by Douglas Luiz's free-kick to earn Unai Emery's side a sixth successive home win.
Spurs, who have been in the top four for the majority of the season, were flat and uninspiring, although Harry Kane did score a consolation from the penalty spot after he was fouled by goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez.
Tottenham failed to register a single attempt on goal in the first half as Villa completed the double over their opponents for the first time since the 1995-96 season.
Villa, who were 19th in the table after losing four of their first five Premier League games of the season, are seventh, level on 57 points with sixth-placed Spurs, who can finish no higher than fifth.
Villa have taken 45 points out of 69 since Spaniard Emery officially took charge on 1 November, when the club was one point above the relegation zone after Steven Gerrard's sacking.
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Will Villa be playing in Europe next season?
Aston Villa trailed Tottenham by 14 points in the Premier League table as recently as 11 March, but their revival under Emery has been nothing short of remarkable.
Their 14th win in 23 Premier League games under the former Arsenal boss was thoroughly deserved although it was not until Luiz's lovely 72nd-minute finish from a free-kick that Villa could relax.
Villa, whose final two games are away to Liverpool and at home to Brighton, have not played in Europe since going out in the play-off round to Rapid Vienna in the Europa League in 2010.
Under Emery, they have given themselves a great chance of returning to the continent after another assured performance in front of their own fans.
Martinez produced a fine save to deny Kane a second-half equaliser before he was beaten by the Tottenham captain from the spot.
Even that, however, failed to dampen the full-time celebrations as Villa took a huge stride towards qualifying for Europe.
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Aston Villa
Squad number1Player nameE Martínez
Squad number18Player nameYoung
Squad number4Player nameKonsa
Squad number5Player nameMings
Squad number15Player nameÁlex Moreno
Squad number31Player nameBailey
Squad number7Player nameMcGinn
Squad number6Player nameDouglas Luiz
Squad number41Player nameJ Ramsey
Squad number10Player nameBuendía
Squad number11Player nameWatkins
Squad number2Player nameCash
Squad number22Player nameDurán
Squad number44Player nameKamara
Tottenham Hotspur
Squad number20Player nameForster- Squad number12Player nameEmerson Royal
- Squad number17Player nameRomero
- Squad number34Player nameLenglet
- Squad number23Player namePorro
- Squad number4Player nameSkipp
- Squad number5Player nameHøjbjerg
Squad number33Player nameDavies- Squad number9Player nameRicharlison
Squad number10Player nameKane
Squad number7Player nameSon Heung-min
- Squad number14Player namePerisic
- Squad number16Player nameDanjuma
- Squad number21Player nameKulusevski
- Squad number38Player nameBissouma
Line-ups
Aston Villa
Formation 4-4-2
- 1E Martínez
- 18YoungBooked at 89mins
- 4Konsa
- 5Mings
- 15Moreno
- 31BaileySubstituted forKamaraat 68'minutes
- 7McGinnBooked at 23mins
- 6Douglas Luiz
- 41J Ramsey
- 10BuendíaSubstituted forDuránat 68'minutes
- 11WatkinsBooked at 90minsSubstituted forCashat 90+1'minutes
Substitutes
- 2Cash
- 3Diego Carlos
- 9Traoré
- 16Chambers
- 22Durán
- 25Olsen
- 27Digne
- 32Dendoncker
- 44Kamara
Tottenham
Formation 3-4-3
- 20Forster
- 12Emerson Royal
- 17RomeroBooked at 80mins
- 34Lenglet
- 23PorroSubstituted forDanjumaat 81'minutes
- 4SkippBooked at 53minsSubstituted forBissoumaat 61'minutes
- 5Højbjerg
- 33DaviesSubstituted forPerisicat 90'minutes
- 9RicharlisonSubstituted forKulusevskiat 62'minutes
- 10KaneBooked at 73mins
- 7Son Heung-min
Substitutes
- 6D Sánchez
- 14Perisic
- 16Danjuma
- 21Kulusevski
- 27Lucas Moura
- 29Sarr
- 38Bissouma
- 40Austin
- 51Craig
Referee:Peter Bankes
Attendance:42,164
Live Text
Match ends, Aston Villa 2, Tottenham Hotspur 1.
Second Half ends, Aston Villa 2, Tottenham Hotspur 1.
Offside, Tottenham Hotspur. Cristian Romero tries a through ball, but Son Heung-Min is caught offside.
Offside, Aston Villa. Ashley Young tries a through ball, but Jhon Durán is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Dejan Kulusevski (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Ivan Perisic with a cross.
Attempt blocked. Arnaut Danjuma (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
Foul by John McGinn (Aston Villa).
Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Aston Villa. Matty Cash replaces Ollie Watkins.
Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Ivan Perisic replaces Ben Davies.
Goal! Aston Villa 2, Tottenham Hotspur 1. Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
Ashley Young (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.
VAR Decision: Penalty Tottenham Hotspur.
Penalty conceded by Emiliano Martínez (Aston Villa) after a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty Tottenham Hotspur. Harry Kane draws a foul in the penalty area.
Foul by Jhon Durán (Aston Villa).
Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Boubacar Kamara (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Yves Bissouma (Tottenham Hotspur).
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