Spurs earn win over Villa

Premiership result:

Tottenham 2-1 Aston Villa FT

Tottenham: Ricketts 77, Keane 80

Aston Villa: Allback 65

Tottenham: Keller, Carr, Taricco, Gardner, Richards, Anderton, Dalmat, Konchesky, King, Postiga, Keane.

Subs: Burch, Doherty, Poyet, Zamora, Ricketts.

Aston Villa: Sorensen, Delaney, Samuel, Mellberg, Johnsen, Barry, Hendrie, Hitzlsperger, Whittingham, Vassell, Allback.

Subs: Dublin, Postma, Stefan Moore, Ridgewell, Kinsella.

Referee: J Winter (Cleveland)