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Tottenham began beingness aft Harry Kane with an entertaining gully against Brentford connected the opening play of the Premier League season.
Kane's determination from his boyhood nine to Bayern Munich was confirmed connected Saturday, and goals from Christian Romero and Emerson Royal earned caller Spurs manager Ange Postecoglou a constituent connected Sunday.
Brentford, who began the league run without talisman Ivan Toney, had taken the pb done Yoane Wissa aft Bryan Mbeumo's punishment cancelled retired Romero's opener.
Spurs person present failed to triumph connected their 3 visits to the Gtech Community Stadium, wherever kick-off was delayed by six minutes due to the fact that of a h2o proviso issue.
When play did begin, Argentina defender Romero opened the scoring with a guided header from debutant James Maddison's fierce free-kick.
It proved to beryllium Romero's last publication arsenic helium was replaced by Postecoglou arsenic a precaution aft appearing to kick of a sound to the caput successful the celebration.
The Bees recovered and won a spot-kick erstwhile Spurs' caller skipper Son Heung-min brought down Mathias Jensen for Mbuemo to person and agelong his goalscoring tally to 4 consecutive top-flight games.
Wissa was past the beneficiary of Rico Henry's blistering surge down the left-hand broadside earlier side-footing the cutback past Guglielmo Vicario, via a deflection disconnected the footwear of Micky van de Ven, to dampen their debuts.
Royal scored the prime of the goals with a guided decorativeness successful the 5th infinitesimal of 11 added connected astatine the extremity of a thrilling archetypal half.
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Brentford
Squad number1Player nameFlekken
Squad number2Player nameHickey
Squad number22Player nameCollins
Squad number5Player namePinnock
Squad number20Player nameAjer
Squad number3Player nameHenry
Squad number8Player nameJensen
Squad number6Player nameNørgaard
Squad number27Player nameJanelt
Squad number19Player nameMbeumo
Squad number11Player nameWissa
Squad number9Player nameSchade
Squad number13Player nameM Jorgensen
Squad number24Player nameDamsgaard
Squad number26Player nameBaptiste
Squad number30Player nameRoerslev
Tottenham Hotspur
Squad number13Player nameVicario
Squad number12Player nameEmerson Royal
Squad number17Player nameRomero
Squad number37Player namevan de Ven
Squad number38Player nameUdogie
Squad number4Player nameSkipp
Squad number8Player nameBissouma
Squad number21Player nameKulusevski
Squad number10Player nameMaddison
Squad number7Player nameSon Heung-min
Squad number9Player nameRicharlison
Squad number6Player nameD Sánchez
Squad number14Player namePerisic
Squad number29Player nameSarr
Line-ups
Brentford
Formation 5-3-2
- 1Flekken
- 2HickeyBooked astatine 62minsSubstituted forRoerslevat 72'minutes
- 22Collins
- 5Pinnock
- 20AjerSubstituted forM Jorgensenat 84'minutes
- 3Henry
- 8JensenSubstituted forDamsgaardat 49'minutes
- 6NørgaardSubstituted forBaptisteat 72'minutes
- 27Janelt
- 19Mbeumo
- 11WissaSubstituted forSchadeat 72'minutes
Substitutes
- 9Schade
- 10Dasilva
- 13M Jorgensen
- 21Strakosha
- 23Lewis-Potter
- 24Damsgaard
- 26Baptiste
- 30Roerslev
- 33Yarmolyuk
Tottenham
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 13VicarioBooked astatine 26mins
- 12Emerson Royal
- 17RomeroSubstituted forD Sánchezat 14'minutesBooked astatine 36mins
- 37van de Ven
- 38Udogie
- 4SkippBooked astatine 44minsSubstituted forSarrat 75'minutes
- 8Bissouma
- 21Kulusevski
- 10MaddisonBooked astatine 36mins
- 7Son Heung-minSubstituted forPerisicat 75'minutes
- 9Richarlison
Substitutes
- 5Højbjerg
- 6D Sánchez
- 14Perisic
- 18Lo Celso
- 23Porro
- 27Solomon
- 29Sarr
- 33Davies
- 40Austin
Referee:Robert Jones
Attendance:17,066
Live Text
Match ends, Brentford 2, Tottenham Hotspur 2.
Second Half ends, Brentford 2, Tottenham Hotspur 2.
Hand shot by Vitaly Janelt (Brentford).
Corner, Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Mads Roerslev.
Emerson Royal (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a escaped footwear successful the attacking half.
Foul by Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford).
Attempt blocked. Richarlison (Tottenham Hotspur) close footed changeable from the centre of the container is blocked. Assisted by James Maddison.
Attempt missed. Kevin Schade (Brentford) close footed changeable from the close broadside of the container is precocious and wide to the right. Assisted by Zanka with a done ball.
Attempt blocked. Mads Roerslev (Brentford) close footed changeable from extracurricular the container is blocked.
Foul by Destiny Udogie (Tottenham Hotspur).
Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford) wins a escaped footwear connected the close wing.
Substitution, Brentford. Zanka replaces Kristoffer Ajer.
Attempt saved. Pape Matar Sarr (Tottenham Hotspur) header from the centre of the container is saved successful the apical centre of the goal. Assisted by Ivan Perisic with a cross.
Micky van de Ven (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Foul by Rico Henry (Brentford).
Foul by James Maddison (Tottenham Hotspur).
Nathan Collins (Brentford) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Foul by James Maddison (Tottenham Hotspur).
Mikkel Damsgaard (Brentford) wins a escaped footwear connected the close wing.
Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Ivan Perisic replaces Son Heung-Min.
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