Villa on a roll as sorry Spurs slump again

Tottenham 1 Aston Villa 2

Spurs could point to Dimitar Berbatov’s transfer saga contributing to just a point from their opening three games, but this defeat had nothing to do with the Bulgarian — Martin O’Neill’s men had too much pace and dealt with almost everything thrown at them.

And Reo-Coker believes Aston Villa are benefiting from focusing on themselves and not their opponents.