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By Phil McNulty, Chief football writer at The Gtech Community Stadium
Published 19 minutes ago
Brentford made it a miserable start to the Premier League season for Roberto de Zerbi’s expensively-rebuilt Tottenham Hotspur side with an emphatic 3-0 victory at The Gtech Community Stadium.
Here’s how I rated the players, and how you rated the players.
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Spurs make nightmare start as Brentford hit three in easy win
Brentford Starting XI
- Caoimhin Kelleher: Calm as ever in goal and made the saves when he needed to.
- Michael Kayode: Busy and a threat out wide. Opportunist goal to effectively clinch the victory.
- Kristoffer Ajer: Read the game well throughout, Composed and dealt well with any Spurs danger, such as there was.
- Nathan Collins: Missed early headed chance but it did not prove costly. Untroubled at the back.
- Keane Lewis-Potter: Clinical finish for Brentford’s opening goal and provided quality on the flanks.
- Vitaly Janelt: Pounced for second goal and provided the sort of solid performance Brentford have come to count on.
- Mathias Jensen: Dangerous from set-pieces and his shot helped set up Brentford’s second goal for Janelt.
- Dango Ouattara: Poor touch cost him a chance of a goal in the first half but his prodigious work-rate made a crucial contribution.
- Mamadou Sangare: Outstanding. Won possession, used possession and set up Lewis-Potter’s opening goal superbly. Club-record signing at £39m looks a bargain.
- Igor Thiago: Physical presence worried Spurs. Marred an excellent performance by missing a second-half penalty.
- Kevin Schade: Always looking to link with Thiago and worried the Spurs defence throughout.
Subs:
- Yehor Yarmoliuk (on 67, Jensen): Eased his way into the action.
- Jaidon Anthony (on 67, Ouattara): Quiet introduction for debutant.
- Aaron Hickey (on 76, Kayode)
- Mikkel Damsgaard (on 76, Sangare)
- Callum Wilson (on 83, Thiago)
Subs not used: Valdimarsson,, Henry, Pinnock, Schuster.
Tottenham Hotspur Starting XI
- Antonin Kinsky: Bad day for Spurs’ new first-choice goalkeeper. Was at fault when he pushed out Jensen’s shot for Janelt’s goal. Distribution wayward.
- Archie Gray: The youngest captain in Spurs history but not a day for celebration. Played as an emergency right-back and looked like, well, an emergency right-back.
- Marcos Senesi: Struggled to cope with the physical presence of Igor Thiago and the movement of those around Brentford’s Brazilian striker.
- Jan Paul van Hecke: For Senesi read Van Hecke. Never comfortable in a shambolic Spurs defence.
- Andrew Robertson: Tough debut for the veteran left-back, Struggled to cope with Brentford’s pace and movement on the right flank.
- Conor Gallagher: Took a couple of heavy early knocks and had a wild shot off target. Booked for trip on Sangare and no surprise when he was replaced at half-time.
- Lucas Bergvall: Too many wasted passes and gave away possession poorly for Brentford’s second goal.
