Aston Villa 2-0 Tottenham Hotspur: Premier League result as Boubacar Kamara and Ezri Konsa boost Champions League chances

Aston Villa boosted hopes of a place in the UEFA Champions League next season as they moved into fourth provisionally, following a comfortable 2-0 win over Tottenham Hotspur at Villa Park.

Spurs boss Ange Postecoglou opted to rest much of the side with their UEFA Europa League showdown against Manchester United in Bilbao on the horizon, though there was positive news as Son Heung-min returned from injury to captain the side.

The South Korean international would go on to create moments of creativity in what ended up being quite an open 20 minutes, with Villa and Spurs both going close to the opening.

The game would eventually tip in the favour of Villa, who grew into the game, with loan star Marco Asensio attempting an ambitious scorpion kick among a flurry of chances.

An opener would be found shortly after half-time as tensions rose, when Ollie Watkins headed a corner across goal in the path of Ezri Konsa to fire Villa into the lead inside 59 minutes.

The home side nearly doubled their lead almost immediately as Watkins saw his effort pushed wide by Antonin Kinsky in the Spurs goal.

Villa’s second would come in the 73rd minute as Boubacar Kamara hammered his effort into the bottom corner to seal the three points.

Aston Villa moved provisionally into fourth place, with Chelsea in action against Manchester United, whilst Tottenham Hotspur’s dismal league form sees them sit 17th.

Next up, Villa face Manchester United at Old Trafford in a must-win game for The Villans on Sunday, May 25. Spurs will be looking to shake off defeat as they face The Red Devils in the UEFA Europa League final on Wednesday, May 21, before ending their season at home against Brighton on May 25.

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Speaking to Sky Sports following Villa's confident 2-0 win over Spurs, Unai Emery said:

"We won and we are on a run but still have work to do. We have to be ready and be consistent. We finished the season here with our supporters and our energy and our wishes to be in Europe.

"We still have chances to play in the Champions League.

"They [Spurs] competed well and did a fantastic job. We were consistent, demanding and when we scored the first goal, they gave up. Good luck to them in the final.

"We needed to manage the 90 minutes and we worked it fantastic. We are being demanding in this moment. We can get Champions League, fantastic.

Unai Emery's side headed into their final home game at Villa Park with one mission, which despite a nervy first half of missed chances, was accepted in the second half with a dominant home display.

It took 59 minutes for Villa to grab the opener through Ezri Konsa as chances continued to go begging, with the home side unable to find the target.

But from thereon, things leaned the way of the home side, who continued to dominate and looked worthy contenders for a place in the UEFA Champions League next season, as Boubacar Kamara helped seal their ninth win in 11 games.

Despite boosting their hopes for a top-five spot, much remains in the balance with Chelsea currently in action and still all to play for this weekend.

Villa face Ruben Amirom's Manchester United fresh off their UEFA Europa League final against Spurs in their a must-win final match of their Premier League campaign.

Villa have done what they needed today and secure the all-important three points to move them provisionally up to fourth in the Premier League.

Spurs aren't able to end on a high note ahead of their UEFA Europa League showdown in Bilbao against Manchester United as their dismal league form continues.

That could have easily been a third for Villa as Morgan Rogers aims one goalwards but Danso is on hand to head it wide and out for a corner.

We have six minutes stoppage time added to this second half.

Leon Bailey comes on for McGinn, with Emi Martinez given the captain's armband for the remaining minutes of this game.

Seconds after the last as the game slowly winds down.

Ross Barkley comes on for Amadou Onana.

Mickey Moore has just gone down to receive treatment so it's time for a few more changes for both teams.

Donyell Malen replaces Ollie Watkins for Villa.

Whilst Moore and Odobert are replaced by Brennan Johnson and Richarlison for Spurs.

It got a little lost among Villa's dominance of chances but Dominic Solanke and Rodrigo Bentancur have both come on.

Son Heung-Min and Sergio Reguilon are the players to go off, with an eye on their UEFA Europa League final.

McGinn decides to play his corner short and after a 1-2 with Asensio, he decides to shoot from the left hand side and it's not a bad effort after it bounces wide.

Surely that's three points sealed for Unai Emery's side now.

Boubacar Kamara hammers it into the bottom corner from the centre of the box to double Villa's lead.

This time it's Matty Cash with a shot of his own but goes across the face of goal.

McGinn moves central and takes sight of goal, but his effort from just outside the box goes narrowly wide of the right post.

Villa are up to fourth in the Premier League on 66 points...

Tel is booked after bringing down Konsa, who ends up fouling his own teammate in Morgan Rogers.

Both players are back on their feet following a slightly comedic incident.

Kinsky once again comes to the rescue as Ollie Watkins looks to double Villa's lead straight away.

They have finally broken the deadlock and this could be an important goal for Villa.

Spurs fail to clear the corner as Watkins is able to head the ball across goal and Ezri Konsa is in the right place to fire home.

Aston Villa are threatening as Ian Maatsen sees his effort blocked by the Spurs defender.

Corner to Villa.