Spurs out of bottom three after win at Aston Villa
Conor Gallagher: ‘De Zerbi makes you feel good’
Roberto De Zerbi said he was more satisfied with Tottenham’s performance than the three points after his team triumphed at Aston Villa to move above the relegation zone with three Premier League matches remaining. De Zerbi said the manner of the win should accelerate belief within his squad that they can avoid the drop.
Spurs, who host Leeds next weekend, are a point above West Ham and two behind Nottingham Forest, whose game in hand is at Chelsea on Monday. First-half goals by Conor Gallagher and Richarlison were sufficient to earn Spurs successive wins for the first time since August, Emiliano Buendía scoring a consolation in the 96th-minute with Villa’s first effort on target.
De Zerbi, who last month became Spurs’s third head coach of the season, was delighted with his side’s display. “I’m really pleased with the performance with the ball, without the ball,” he said. “Without the ball we showed great courage and with the ball great qualities … I’m happy for this type of performance more than three points. OK, we have one point more than West Ham but the most important thing was to play a great game, to believe more and more in ourselves and in our qualities and then we have to keep the focus and improve.”
