For The Love of Paul McGrath: An Aston Villa Podcast
Sep 19, 2026 · 29 min · 15 segments
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And for parts of that first half, it was dour.
It was very tactical battles.
Spurs looked like they were getting the better of it.
And the reason I've got Unai Emery on the thumbnail for this one is Unai Emery made changes at halftime that made Aston Villa ultimately better.
Now, he was able to do that because we got a goal just before halftime through Manzambi.
And who I think was really good.
Outside of maybe the final, well, the last three changes that he made were You know, there were changes that were made who were 3-0 up at that stage.
But our 3-1 up in Tammy Abrams, from Tammy Abrams' point of view.
But Unai Emery changed that whole left-hand side at half-time, and it made us an awful lot more resolute.
It made us an awful lot more stout.
And it made us an awful lot better on the transition while we were attacking.
And it meant that we were able to get the most out of Nicholas Jackson, as we saw by the quick transition for his goal.
But let's go through the actual game itself.
Villa started off the game, I suppose, with the team that I kind of more or less expected them to play.
I thought if Cash was going to be fit that he would play.
I had always thought that it was going to be McGinn, Manzambi, Buendia to start out this game.
But Villa started, like the game was a bit tentative.
They let Spurs have possession.
This year, they've kept an awful lot of possession.
But the Peppers, for a bit, there was one instance where they had two shots in Zion Suzuki, which I thought was absolutely fantastic.
And for parts of that first half, it was dour.
It was very tactical battles.
Spurs looked like they were getting the better of it.
And the reason I've got Unai Emery on the thumbnail for this one is Unai Emery made changes at halftime that made Aston Villa ultimately better.
Now, he was able to do that because we got a goal just before halftime through Manzambi.
And who I think was really good.
Outside of maybe the final, well, the last three changes that he made were You know, there were changes that were made who were 3-0 up at that stage.
But our 3-1 up in Tammy Abrams, from Tammy Abrams' point of view.
But Unai Emery changed that whole left-hand side at half-time, and it made us an awful lot more resolute.
It made us an awful lot more stout.
And it made us an awful lot better on the transition while we were attacking.
And it meant that we were able to get the most out of Nicholas Jackson, as we saw by the quick transition for his goal.
But let's go through the actual game itself.
Villa started off the game, I suppose, with the team that I kind of more or less expected them to play.
I thought if Cash was going to be fit that he would play.
I had always thought that it was going to be McGinn, Manzambi, Buendia to start out this game.
But Villa started, like the game was a bit tentative.
They let Spurs have possession.
This year, they've kept an awful lot of possession.
But the Peppers, for a bit, there was one instance where they had two shots in Zion Suzuki, which I thought was absolutely fantastic.
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