No revival in sight for 'fragile' Spurs after Villa defeat

Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Tottenham have lost three of their opening five Premier League games

Football reporter at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Published 27 minutes ago It was all so predictable.

The closer Tottenham went to scoring the more it seemed likely they would concede.

"Too fragile" was how boss Roberto de Zerbi described his side after the 3-2 defeat by Aston Villa .

Comfortable and on top until Johan Manzambi's scrappy opener for the visitors - while Spurs were temporarily down to 10 men as Micky van de Ven had treatment - they never recovered.

It only got worse as goals from Nicolas Jackson and Emi Buendia put the visitors 3-0 up.