Tottenham Hotspur held to 2-2 draw towards Brentford of their 2023/24 Premier League opener

Tottenham Hotspur had been held to a 2-2 draw towards Brentford of their opening match of the 2023/24 Premier League season.

Ange Postecoglou had an exhilarating begin to his Premier League managerial profession with a dramatic 2-2 draw towards Brentford. This season-opening recreation on Sunday marked the start of Tottenham’s life with out their star striker, Harry Kane.

New recruit James Maddison, who’s now donning Kane’s iconic quantity 10 shirt, bravely led the Spurs’ midfield, offering them with an important edge within the match. The midfielder confirmed promising indicators by delivering two assists that noticed Tottenham take the lead, then lose it, however ultimately claw again to safe a hard-fought level. All 4 objectives had been scored in an action-packed first half.

Tottenham obtained off to a promising begin as Cristian Romero broke the impasse within the eleventh minute with a header, following a formidable free-kick from Maddison. However, the aim was held up for a prolonged VAR test amid offside issues. This contributed to the 11 minutes added on on the finish of an electrifying first half.

Bryan Mbeumo then equalized for Brentford within the fifteenth minute from the penalty spot. Brentford took the lead within the thirty sixth minute when a Yoane Wissa shot went in off Dutch defender Micky van de Ven and at the back of the Spurs web.

However, within the dying minutes of the primary half, full-back Emerson Royal leveled the scores after scoring off a move from Maddison.

The match additionally noticed Postecoglu take Romero off after a conflict of heads whereas scoring Tottenham’s opener.

“The medical team were just monitoring him and obviously, then he scored with his head and they were pretty sure we needed to get him off for his own benefit,” mentioned Postecoglu.

Postecoglu arrived in July as a alternative for former Tottenham supervisor Antonio Conte. With this debut, he made historical past by changing into the primary Australian to handle a group within the Premier League.

Edited By:

Rounaq Sehrawat

Published On:

Aug 13, 2023