Villa have the luxury of four days off between fixtures but still play their ninth game in 28 days as they fall to two late goals at White Hart Lane to remain fifth in the table.

With Ipswich also losing, Villa still have four games in hand and are six points behind with title rivals Manchester City up next. 

It's Villa's second successive loss, both defeats coming in North London, as they make it 🟩 nineteen wins, 🟨 five draws and 🟥 eleven defeats in 🕒 thirty five division one games this season under Ron Saunders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿,

Winger Ray Graydon 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 29 makes his final appearance in a Villa shirt before moving on to Coventry City in July 1977. Graydon - a hero of Villa's climb back through the leagues - played for Villa between 1971-72 and 1976-77 making 231 appearances and scoring 81 goals. 

Full back Keith Masefield 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his final Villa appearance.

Midfielder Dennis Mortimer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 contributes his 🔥 15th assist and ⚽ 🔥 20th goal involvement on his  🕒 62nd appearance in a Villa shirt at a goal involvement rate of one every 3.10 games.