Tottenham begins life without Kane with draw at Brentford
LONDON (AP) — Tottenham started life with out Harry Kane with an entertaining 2-2 draw at Brentford within the Premier League on Sunday, with new supervisor Ange Postecoglou praising the group’s resilience after a making an attempt week.
All 4 targets got here in an action-filled first half that gave a primary indication of what Tottenham will appear like below Postecoglou, and with out its talismanic striker.
A day after Kane sealed his transfer to Bayern Munich, Spurs dominated possession and scored from its solely two efforts on course within the first half, and but nonetheless needed to come from 2-1 down after being undone defensively on a few events.
While each groups settled right into a extra cautious rhythm after the break, the opening 45 minutes of Postecoglou’s reign have been sufficient to indicate that his underlying ways shall be a far cry from his predecessor Antonio Conte’s defensive rigidity and give attention to counterattacks.
And whereas Spurs couldn’t discover a winner, a draw at Brentford could possibly be seen as a optimistic first step on condition that Thomas Frank’s group beat Manchester United, Manchester City and Liverpool at residence final season.
“Football clubs move on pretty quickly,” Postecoglou stated about coping with out Kane. “I haven’t wanted to handle it, I haven’t wanted to present them a heat fuzzy cuddle simply to see how they’re. We had a sport to organize for they usually knew that. I feel that was the vital factor for us. … We confirmed an actual resilience that we’re going to wish as a result of it’s going to be a difficult 12 months for positive.”
The sport’s kickoff was delayed by six minutes after a problem with the water provide meant the bathrooms contained in the stadium couldn’t be used. It got here a day after Arsenal’s residence sport in opposition to Nottingham Forest was delayed by half-hour due to a problem with the membership’s new digital ticketing system.
“It is the most crazy reason for delaying a Premier League game I ever heard,” Brentford supervisor Thomas Frank stated. “I know we normally hit the headlines for a lot of good things. Probably is not the worst thing to hit the headlines with, but yeah, quite crazy. … Probably also the first time in the Premier League wasn’t it? Again, making history.”
The guests took the lead when James Maddison delivered a pinpoint free kick that was headed in by Cristian Romero within the eleventh minute. The defender then needed to be taken off, although, after exhibiting indicators of a doable concussion following an earlier conflict of heads.
Brentford equalized after the hosts have been awarded a penalty when Son Heung-min made mild contact with Mathias Jensen within the space, and Bryan Mbeumo transformed from the spot. Tottenham have been uncovered defensively once more on a counter within the thirty sixth, when Rico Henry delivered a cross to Yoane Wissa, whose shot took a deflection to sneak previous Tottenham’s new goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario.
Emerson Royal then levelled for Tottenham in first-half harm time with a one-time shot from outdoors the realm after one other help from Maddison.
Tottenham ahead Richarlison, who has the job of filling the footwear of Kane, was largely stored quiet however had a shot saved by Mark Flekken within the second half.
Flekken began in purpose instead of David Raya, who is anticipated to finish a transfer to Arsenal.
