Report and pictures of Villa 1 Tottenham 2
Ten-man Aston Villa surrendered a lead late on to lose at home to Tottenham to make it six straight defeats in the Premier League.
The claret and blues led through Andreas Weimann's first-half strike, an advantage they manage to maintain until the 84th minute.
The hosts' Christian Benteke was dismissed before Nacer Chadli pounced to restore parity, Harry Kane's last minute strike the match-winner.
Benteke had hit the angle of post and bar from Aly Cissokho's low ball in, before Villa found a way to end a goal drought that had lasted nine hours and seven minutes of playing time.
Charles N'Zogbia, recalled to the starting line-up in place of the dropped Gabbyl Agbonlahor, got clear down the right and crossed low for Weimann to sweep in from 15 yards.
But Adebayor should have equalised before half-time, finishing weakly after being sent clear by Christian Eriksen, allowing goalkeeper Brad Guzan to push the ball aside.
The match turned when Benteke was sent off 20 minutes into the second-half, for raising his hands after a scuffle involving Ryan Mason.
Television replays suggested the Tottenham midfielder pushed his head into Benteke's face first - but the Belgium striker's reaction left referee Neil Swarbrick with no option but to show him a red card.
The equaliser came with six minutes left, as Chadli rose at the far post to nod in Erik Lamela's corner for his fourth league goal of the season.
And Kane struck right at the end with a free-kick that flicked in off defender Nathan Baker to leave Guzan stranded.
