Emery calls on Villa to build on comeback win

Their stunning efforts helped Unai Emery's men claim their fifth straight win in all competition, while Thomas Frank's Spurs suffered more misery on home turf.

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Emery hailed his men's fighting spirit, telling Sky Sports: "The way the players responded, even when we were losing 1-0. This is the way we are trying to get better at and try to build the team with this structure."

Frank, meanwhile, felt that 1-1 would have been "a fair result". He said: "There were two big teams on the pitch.

"We started very well. Villa produced two goals out of nothing and we had four or five moments where we couldn't produce."

With danger man Mohammed Kudus pulling the strings, the hosts made a fast start, with Rodrigo Bentancur giving Spurs the lead after just five minutes.

But Villa slowly clawed their way back.

Rogers equalised with a stunner from outside the box in the 37th minute, leaving Tottenham goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario grasping at thin air as the ball curled over his outstretched arm.