Brentford vs Tottenham LIVE: Premier League result and final score today
Spurs travel to the Gtech Community Stadium as they prepare for life after Harry Kane
Tottenham Hotspur gave new manager Ange Postecoglou a rollercoaster Premier League debut when they started life after Harry Kane with a 2-2 draw in their opening game at Brentford on Sunday.
New signing James Maddison, taking on departed captain Kane’s number 10 shirt, pulled the strings in midfield and provided two assists as Spurs took the lead, fell behind and came back for a point with all the goals in a lively first half.
Cristian Romero headed the visitors in front in the 11th minute, after a long VAR check for possible offside, but Bryan Mbeumo equalised 15 minutes later from the penalty spot and the Bees were 2-1 up in the 36th after a deflected Yoane Wissa shot.
Tottenham, who said farewell to Kane when the club’s record scorer signed for Bayern Munich on Saturday, then made it 2-2 in first-half stoppage time when Emerson Royal lashed in a pass from Maddison.
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Substitution Mathias Jensen Mikkel Krogh Damsgaard
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Tottenham kick off, and we are back under way at Brentford Community Stadium!
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Such has been their resilience, Brentford are unbeaten across their last 13 Premier League matches when drawing at half-time in the Premier League, since losing to Leeds on the final day of the 2021-22 campaign. While the Bees have not won four consecutive top-flight matches since 1939, with a second-half winner they would do so today.
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An eventful opening period - which only started after a delay - sees the teams all-square at the break, with Tottenham scoring either side of Brentford's two-goal salvo midway through the half. Romero scored the opener and was then withdrawn due to concussion, before a penalty and a counter-strike put the Bees in front. Then, deep into a huge serving of stoppage time, Spurs found their spectacular leveller. That leaves things perfectly poised for the second half.
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MISS! Yet another lung-bursting run down the left by Henry opens up Tottenham's defence, and his precise delivery towards the back post picks out Mbeumo. However, the Cameroon international fails to control his volleyed effort and effectively misses an open goal - a great chance spurned!
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New Tottenham vice-captain Maddison has now set up four goals in five Premier League appearances against Brentford.
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Goal Emerson Aparecido Leite de Souza Júnior
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After a cross is swept over from the right by Maddison, a tightly-marked Richarlison manages to flick the ball on with his head. However, Son slices the ball straight into the side-netting near the back post.
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Due to the stoppages for VAR checks and Romero's injury earlier on, we are now into 11 minutes of additional time at the end of the first half.
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