Tottenham supervisor Ange Postecoglou mentioned his facet gave supporters purpose to imagine regardless of the departure of Harry Kane after his first style of Premier League motion resulted in a 2-2 draw at Brentford.
Spurs’ all-time report goalscorer Kane joined Bayern Munich simply 24 hours earlier than Tottenham received their season underway on Sunday.
Scoring was not the issue for the guests in Postecoglou’s first aggressive match in cost as defenders Cristian Romero and Emerson Royal struck early and late within the first half.
But in between instances, Tottenham’s defensive frailties have been uncovered as Brentford equalised by means of Bryan Mbeumo’s penalty after which went in entrance because of Yoane Wissa’s deflected effort.
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“It is either an impediment to you or an opportunity,” mentioned Postecoglou of Kane’s exit.
“Harry Kane was massive figure for this club for a long time and will continue to be whether he is in the building or not.
“We wanted to go out and give our supporters some hope and belief in the team. I thought they did that today.”
Postecoglou took the choice to take away Romero shortly after he had opened the scoring on 11 minutes attributable to suspected concussion regardless of protests from the Argentine centre-back.
The Australian coach mentioned he had no regrets over that call, however criticised the very fact it didn’t rely as a concussion substitute because of the unsuitable kind being given to the fourth official.
Premier League sides are allowed two further substitutions, on prime of their allotted 5, to switch gamers suspected of struggling concussion.
“Their (medical team’s) information was that he wasn’t that steady and with his head after scoring, I’m not taking any risks in that scenario in this day and age and what we know of head injuries,” added Postecoglou.
“The last person you want to be directed by is the player himself. He has no idea. The disappointing thing is that apparently we filled out the wrong form for a concussion sub.
“That is madness in this day and age. It is pretty clear why we took the guy off. It is black and white for us, we’re not going to take any risks with our people when we know what the repercussions are.”
