AshleyYoung whips in a great cross which Heskey reaches, but on the stretch he can only send it over the bar.

There will be three minutes of added on time as both sides go in search of a winner.

Lennon has a rare opportunity to run at the Villa defence and fires in a low ball which somehow evades Defoe before Friedel can push it away.

Huddlestone swings in a corner for Spurs and finds Dawson who can't send his header anywhere but up in the air as Villa eventually clear.

Dunne sends the freekick into the box where Bassong rises highest to head the ball away from danger.

Spurs fans are celebrating but it is cut short after the referee awards a freekick against Defoe after he had punched the ball into the next, all this after Huddlestone forced a great save from Friedel.

Sidwell gets right into the action as he picks the ball and heads towards goal before unleashing a long range effort which spins just wide.

Kranjcar takes the corner which Crouch flick on for Bassong who tries an overhead kick, only for it to sail high into the fans.

Defoe breaks into the box and gets his shot away at goal, but again a Villa player is there to block a Spurs effort inside the penalty area and it goes for a corner kick.

Crouch heads down Palacios' long ball into the box and Defoe hits it towards goal to force Friedel into a routine save.

The pressure continues to build on Villa as Kranjcar sends a corner deep towards the far post, only for Dunne's backside to block the attempt ball back across the face of goal.

Spurs are well on top at the moment as Villa are forced to get all eleven men behind the ball, the pressure is relieved momentarily as Kranjcar's shot is easily saved.

Kranjar floats in a corner now which Friedel comes for but misses completely and the ball goes behind for a goal kick.

Kranjcar chips the ball into the box from a freekick on the right, only for it to be headed away by Dunne.

Again another good cross nearly brings a goal for Villa, this time its Milner whose cross is flicked on by Young who only succeeds in taking it away from Agbonlahor.

Villa hit Spurs on the counter attack after Huddlestone's mistake as Young sprints away and whips in a great cross for Carew who heads it wide.

Nice build-up by Spurs as Kranjcar hammers a volley towards goal after Crouch's close control, however what would have been one of the goals of the season won't be happening today as it flies inches wide.

Milner puts an out swinging corner in which Cuellar can only send away from goal as Spurs again make a sluggish start to the half.

Spurs win a freekick in a dangerous position which Kranjcar sends straight into the wall before blazing the follow-up wide.

Milner takes a corner for Villa now which isn't the best, Dawson easily heading the ball away before Kranjcar completes the job.

That just sums up how the game has gone in the last ten minutes as Corluka picks up the ball in a great position to cross, only for the Croatian to lay it off for Lennon who isn't there and it goes out for a throw-in.

Game has gone a bit scrappy at Villa Park, still being played at a frantic pace which is leading to a lot of missed placed passes.

From the resulting corner Defoe goes close to levelling the score, hooking the ball over his head but sadly for Spurs over the bar as well.

Great reactions by Friedel as he manages to tip Huddlestone's shot over the bar after it took a deflection off Reo-Coker.

Agbonlahor does well to hold the ball up and lay it off for Reo-Coker whose shot is pretty woeful, the former West Ham man sending it well wide.

Ashley Young takes another corner for Villa, again whipping it in with pace, but Spurs deal with it well this time and clear their lines.

Good play by Agbonlahor as he creates a bit of space for himself before turning on the edge of the penalty area and sending his shot well wide.

Spurs couldn't get any close as Huddlestone's effort skids into the box and eventually falls for Dawson who fires it towards goal only for Cuellar to clear off his own line.

Spurs are trying to get back into this one but won't do it with volleys like the one we have just seen from Huddlestone, the central midfielder sending his volley out for a throw-in.

Lennon finally gets on the ball and has his first run at makeshift left-back Luke Young, Lennon skipping past his man before sending his cross too deep.

Ashley Young takes yet another corner for Villa which is sent too deep this time by the Villa winger and Spurs can finally clear their lines.

Villa win another corner which Ashley Young takes, firing it in at pace and forcing Gomes to punch away under pressure.

Agbonlahor tries to turn provider as he sends in a low cross for Ashley Young who tries to work some space for himself, only for Dawson to make a vital interception.

Carew tries his luck from range as Villa start to get a foot hold in the game, however the Norwegian can only send his shot high over the bar.

Second corner taken by Young and it finds Crouch again, only for the tall striker to head it away from danger this time.

Ashley Young takes the first corner for Villa, whipping it in with a lot of pace and forcing Crouch to head it behind for a second corner.

Kranjcar takes the corner which finds Dawson at the far post, the Spurs defender trying to head it across the face of goal for a white shirt but only finds Dunne who clears.

First chance of the game goes the way of Spurs as Kranjcar's fizzing effort is tipped over the bar by Friedel.

Spurs have controlled most of the game so far but Villa are showing their early intentions, closing down Spurs at every opportunity.