AVB revolution gaining traction

Tottenham 2 Aston Villa 2

Second-half goals from Steven Caulker — his first for Spurs, not that he knew much about it — and Aaron Lennon were enough to beat an Aston Villa side who remain even more of a work in progress under Paul Lambert.

Villa, though, will rue a miss by Christian Benteke shortly before Spurs’ opening goal that followed an error by Hugo Lloris, the France goalkeeper, who was given his Premier League debut by Villas-Boas, ending former Villa ‘keeper Brad Friedel’s run of 310 successive league starts over eight seasons.