Tottenham 3-1 Aston Villa: Harry Kane scores two as Spurs come back to win Premier League opener

John McGinn showed great composure in front of goal to give Villa a shock lead after nine minutes but the visitors buckled under a Spurs onslaught late in the second half.

Record signing Tanguy Ndombele clipped in a superb equaliser after 73 minutes and two quickfire Kane efforts in the closing minutes secured the points for Spurs.

Highlights

Opta facts

• Tottenham have won 37 Premier League games after finding themselves behind at half-time, more than any other side.
• Aston Villa are winless in their last 19 Premier League away games (D3 L16), losing their last eight in a row.
• Tottenham have won five of their six opening games in the Premier League against promoted sides, only losing in 2007-08 against Sunderland.
• Courtesy of the strikes from Aston Villa’s John McGinn and Tottenham’s Tanguy Ndombele, this game was the first match to see both sides have a player score a Premier League debut goal since Burnley (Scott Arfield) vs Chelsea (Diego Costa) in August 2014.
• Tanguy Ndombele is the first player to score on his Premier League debut for Tottenham since Eric Dier against West Ham in August 2014.
• Aston Villa’s John McGinn is the first Scottish player to score on his Premier League debut since Matt Phillips in September 2010 (for Blackpool vs Blackburn).
• Tottenham’s Harry Kane has scored six goals in six Premier League appearances against Aston Villa, netting a total of four in his last two league meetings with the Villans.
• Aston Villa’s Jack Grealish has lost each of his last 19 Premier League games, the longest run of consecutive defeats suffered by a player in the history of the competition.       

As it happened:

Follow Sporting Life on social media - find us on Facebook here or tweet@SportingLifeFC

Related football links

• Transfer Window: Done Deals
• Premier League preview: Chelsea
• Premier League preview: Man Utd
• Premier League preview: Arsenal
• Sky Bet's transfer window specials
• Super 6: £2 million jackpot!
• Fantasy Football: Pick your team now!
• Football results