Tottenham 3-1 Brentford: Player ratings as Spurs come from behind to beat Bees
FROM TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR STADIUM – Tottenham earned only their second win of the new Premier League season with a 3-1 victory at home to Brentford on Saturday.
The Bees took a first-minute lead once again having gone ahead in similar circumstances last week at Manchester City, but once more couldn’t hold on and were put to the sword by a confident Spurs.
Bryan Mbeumo opened the scoring for the visitors, before strikes from Dominic Solanke, Brennan Johnson and James Maddison flipped the game on its head.
How the game unfolded
For the second week running, Brentford went ahead inside 25 seconds. Keane Lewis-Potter’s cross found Mbeumo, who peeled away from Micky van de Ven and lashed home a superb volley.
Tottenham sought quickly to make amends and went close when a loose touch from Sepp van den Berg saw Solanke get in down the channel. His ball for Son Heung-min was cut back towards Maddison, but his shot from close range was blocked.
But with their next attack, Spurs were level. Ethan Pinnock’s loose pass was pounced upon by Maddison, and though his shot was saved by Mark Flekken, Solanke was on hand to turn in the rebound, grabbing his first goal for the club.
Ten minutes hadn’t even passed yet but the hosts were beginning to purr, with Son forcing Flekken into another save soon after with a strike from the edge of the box. Moments later, Johnson flashed a shot wide of the far post.
Another chance came and went for Johnson when he cut out a pass from Mikkel Damsgaard, only for Nathan Collins to retreat and make the block.
Spurs should have taken the lead when Son raced clear and chose to try and round Flekken, but the Dutchman stood his ground well and the chance fell to pieces.
Just before the half-hour mark, Tottenham got the goal they deserved. The Lilywhites flew forward in numbers again and Johnson had the confidence to scamper past Collins before finding the far corner.
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