Holdt Scores Last-Minute Winner for Spurs 🤩 | Tottenham Hotspur v Aston Villa | Barclays WSL 25/26

We're at Brisbane Road for a noon kick-off as Tottenham aim to continue their fantastic form at home. Last season, the Sorsburs ended their WSL campaign with five straight defeats in front of their own supporters. But this term, Martyn Ho's team have lost just one of five at home today. They look to go four and beaten on their own turf in the same league campaign for the first time in almost four years. Villa have saved their best performances for road fixtures, unbeaten in each of their last seven WSL away games, winning five of those. Only the Midlands Club and Champions Chelsea can boast the fact that they are yet to lose on their travels this season, while incredibly, Natalia Arrojo's side have conceded just one goal in away games in the WSL this campaign. Let's check on the teams for you. Toko Koga misses out for the first time this season in the WSL due to illness, so Molly Batrick comes in for her first appearance of the campaign in the top flight. Beth England is recalled with top scorer Kathinka Tamberg missing out due to injury. 4-3-1 for the hosts Drew Spence and Evelina Sumanen provide the midfield platform for Spurs. The Finnish international can boast three goals against Villa in her WSL career. The last four Aston Villa, they are without the suspended limb films and a pattern is recalled. One of three alterations to the side that lost 3-1 to London City last time out in the WSL. Rachel Maltby and Ebony Salmon also return. Missy Boakerns is absent from the matchday squad. But England team mate Lucia Kendall does start. Georgia Mullet missed to England under 23's final fixture of the international break through injury and misses out today. Martin Ho's team aiming to continue their fine home form. Villa impressive away this season and they are out for revenge after their League Cup loss here earlier this season. See what Salmon can do here. There's an overlap over on the left hand side and Maltby's shot is well saved. Kop getting down brilliantly to bat that one away. Maltby initially coming in on the blind side. She's playing the left wing back role today. Yeah, it was good play from Ebony Salmon there. Just a square ball across the face of the six yard box. Finding Maltby at the back post but Kop excellent at the near post. Villa have possession. Taylor's touching them back towards D'Angelo. Has decided to go a little bit longer the last few clearances but that's straight to Nilden who controls well. Now, hope to flick it through towards Naz who could be in here. Oh, she's put it wide. Big, big opportunity. It bounced kindly for her right into a path where she could not find the corner and her effort goes wide. That was fantastic from Olivia Holt. Great vision to spot the run. Pierces it through the defenders and Naz there. You can see she's just trying to find that bottom corner. Almost scuffs it wide of the post. That's a real opportunity for Jessica. Now, she's got to be scoring there but what vision from Olivia Holt. Villa have won it back. Kendall does well. Daly on the ball wants to try and get the angle to pull the trigger. She loses out. Simonen does well and then Naz will turn. She was having her jersey pulled there. That's going to be a free kick and it might be a yellow card. It should be a yellow card. It is a yellow card. Absolutely. Had to make that really clever play from Jess Naz. Hold up play excellent. Feels the player on her back. Lovely little turn and then no complaining there for the yellow card. Delonge sort of taking one from the team really. She realized that Naz had beaten her. Hunts take the free kick and it's a Tottenham restart. 0-0, 38 minutes in. Towards Jess Naz who spins away from Mockbeat. Uses a pace to keep it in but she's still got the defender to beat. Let's get the cross in. England with a header. Well, it was Pan who was in the way and it was deflected behind for a corner. That is her stocking trade for sure. Yeah, trademark Bethany England there. Great movement to get in front of Patton and what a vital interception that was. Angelo for Mockbeat. Mockbeat loses out. Neville quick to apply the pressure. It's been the key word over the course of this game. Neville again. Now it's with Naz. Produced a wonderful cross a few moments ago. Can she do something similar here? Skips away from the first challenge. Oh and right across the face of goal. Jess Naz with some really good wing play and a terrific ball in but there was no one in Spurs colours to apply the finish. I think it takes a deflection off the boot of Moritz and it bobbles under the keeper. Holtz could be in. England with a shot. Oh, wonderful save. Angelo getting a cross, getting a fingertips to that. England can't believe it. It was goal bound but for the intervention of the Villa keeper. Yeah, really good. Ashley Neville spotting the run of Holt and Holt just cuts it back into the path of England who keeps it low. Lovely little cut back. First time and fantastic one-handed save there from the Angelo. Great move from Tottenham. This was a strong challenge. Referee is going to produce a yellow card here and it is a red. Well, it was a strong challenge for sure. And Delans with a second yellow card. Here you see it. Yes, the follow-through. Spurs were already creating opportunities. Here is Jess Naz who just stumbles unfortunately. Oh, that looked a bad fall as well. It was awkward and there is real concern with her teammates here as well. Jess Naz has had a really good game but when you start to feel your knee in the side of it we fear the worst here. I'm sure they hope that it is minor. We're fearing the worst, we don't know. Fingers crossed that Jess Naz will be back playing sooner rather than later. You can see the concern for her teammates as well. In my experience whenever we've gone down to ten you sometimes play better because you've got to rally together. Hansen looking to prove the point. Hansen, really good save. Got down well did Kopp. Good from Kopp there. Didn't commit, didn't come out. Just stayed in. Down well to get the block. The shot was straight out of mind. It was a little bit wasn't it. Hansen didn't quite find a corner. But Kopp stood her ground well. Didn't commit as you mentioned. Hansen thinking about that effort. She's just allowed to drive into that space. Hansen breaking forward. Meanwhile, Aston Villa lead. Down to ten players. But it does not matter for the Villans. Hansen who's had a number of breakaway opportunities in this fixture has put one away. Hansen there, that's where she's at her best. With the grass in front of her. Just one touch sets it up nicely. Into the bottom corner. Villa have got six minutes plus added on time to last out here. A player down, but a goal up. And in those moments, when you're a player down, you've got to take them. And she's done exactly that. Clinical from Kirstie Hansen. Totally against the run of play. And Spurs have got to try and respond with limited time left. It's towards England. Here! Oh yes! Well that's what you expect from Beth England. Spurs respond immediately. And that is a really well crafted header. A death flick into the corner to beat D'Angelo. And it's Tottenham 1-1 Aston Villa. Wow, what a response. Straight from the kick-off. And it's not over yet. Gunning-Williams. Strong play. Lovely reverse ball in for Olivia Holtz! Who smashes home! And that may well be the winner for Tottenham. Well, she has created much throughout the 94, near 95 minutes here. This time, she finishes with real power and accuracy. Close in. And it's Tottenham 2-1 Aston Villa. Oh, the ball again. Drew Spence pulling the strings. Unbelievable vision. D'Angelo makes herself big, but the power takes it past her. Cleared away. Hansen third time lucky maybe for Villa. Not going to have time to create anything else. Villa have battled hard. But it's Martin Ho and his coaching staff that will celebrate here. They have deserved this one. They left it late. Come from behind success. Full-time here at Tottenham Hotspur 2. Aston Villa 1. Proud of the performance. Some bits as always to improve because we don't want to just celebrate a good performance. We want to come here and win. We fight for it. We did enough. It's just we need to do better because good teams like Tottenham, they just pay that when you are low and you open a little bit the gate, OK, that's clear action for them. And they don't say sorry. They don't say thank you. They just score. And that's something we need to make better. It's always difficult. You come back after the international break and it's hard to get back into a rhythm. And so many players are coming from different time zones, different continents. But yeah, I'm absolutely delightful. And we pushed at the end. And we pushed. And I think the players deserved it after the second half.