{"id":560403,"date":"2026-05-01T11:04:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T11:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/560403\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T11:04:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T11:04:19","slug":"aston-villa-injury-blow-before-tottenham-clash-could-prove-pivotal-for-roberto-de-zerbi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/560403\/","title":{"rendered":"Aston Villa injury blow before Tottenham clash could prove pivotal for Roberto De Zerbi"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aston Villa were beaten by Nottingham Forest in the Europa League on Thursday night and face Tottenham in the Premier League on Sunday night<\/p>\n

09:25, 01 May 2026Updated 09:31, 01 May 2026<\/p>\n

\"Unai<\/p>\n

Unai Emery during Aston Villa’s Europa League defeat to Nottingham Forest(Image: (Ryan Crockett\/DeFodi Images\/DeFodi via Getty Images))<\/p>\n

Unai Emery confirmed that Amadou Onana is a doubt to feature against Tottenham Hotspur after suffering a fresh injury during Aston Villa\u2019s defeat at Nottingham Forest.<\/p>\n

The midfielder was forced off in the 55th minute with a calf problem, which he had first felt before half-time, and was replaced by Lamare Bogarde.<\/p>\n

The former Everton<\/a> man had only just passed a late fitness test to start against Forest, having missed last weekend\u2019s defeat to Fulham with a minor knee injury.<\/p>\n

And Emery admitted his side must be careful with the Belgium international ahead of Sunday\u2019s game at Villa Park.<\/p>\n

FOLLOW OUR TOTTENHAM FB PAGE! Latest Spurs news, analysis and much more via our dedicated Facebook page<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cThe first half he was telling us he was feeling something in his calf,\u201d the Spaniard said after his side\u2019s 1-0 defeat at the City Ground.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know how he is going to recover. Hopefully in a few days he can recover. We must be careful and we will see how he progresses.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tottenham<\/a> secured a much-needed first Premier League<\/a> win in 16 matches last weekend with a hard-fought, vital 1-0 victory at Wolverhampton Wanderers.<\/p>\n

But Spurs\u2019 survival hopes have been affected by an enormous injury crisis, with Xavi Simons<\/a> and Dominic Solanke<\/a> the latest to join the treatment table.<\/p>\n

\"Xavi<\/p>\n

Xavi Simons has ruptured his ACL(Image: Getty Images)<\/p>\n

However, Antonin Kinsky is positive his side can overturn a two-point deficit to 17th-placed West Ham United and avoid a first relegation since 1977.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, the determination is huge. We feel that we want it, the fans want it, everyone is behind us and we will do everything we can,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cOf course we got ourselves into this situation which we don\u2019t want to be in, but I believe we are doing the right things to get out and I believe we have the qualities to get out.\u201d<\/p>\n

While speaking after the win over Wolves, Joao Palhinha<\/a> said: “We have four finals [remaining]. We need to do our jobs. Hopefully this win can change things, give us a bit more motivation as well as it’s been a long time without victories.<\/p>\n

“What we can control right now is doing our job until the end of the season and keeping the club where it belongs, which is the Premier League.<\/p>\n

“We will give everything we have until the end of the season because it means a lot for us to keep [ Tottenham<\/a> ] in the Premier League.”<\/p>\n

Sky Sports, HBO Max, Netflix and Disney+ with Ultimate TV package<\/p>\n

This article contains affiliate links, we will receive a commission on any sales we generate from it. Learn more<\/a>\"Content<\/p>\n

Sky has upgraded its Ultimate TV and Sky Sports bundle to now include HBO Max, Netflix, Disney+, discovery+ and Hayu, as well as 135 channels and full Sky coverage of the Premier League and EFL.<\/p>\n

Sky broadcasts more than 1,400 live matches across the Premier League, EFL and more with at least 215 live from the top flight alongside Formula 1, darts and golf.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aston Villa were beaten by Nottingham Forest in the Europa League on Thursday night and face Tottenham in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":560404,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[2604,192356,218,221,101,6073,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-560403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-aston-villa","tag-aston-villa-vs-tottenham-hotspur","tag-football","tag-premier-league","tag-sports","tag-spurs","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=560403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560403\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/560404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=560403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=560403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=560403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}