Tottenham Hotspur vs Brentford: 2-2
Today's exciting football match, "Tottenham Hotspur Vs Brentford: 2-2". This draw was obtained on the first matchday of the 2023/2024 English Premier League which was held at the Gtech Community Stadium.
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This result makes Tottenham temporarily ranked eighth in the standings, while Brentford is in seventh position, according to the official website of the English Premier League.
The course of the match "Tottenham Hotspur vs Brentford"
Tottenham briefly went ahead through Cristian Romero's goal before Brentford turned in the lead through goals from Bryan Mbuemo and Yoann Wissa. Emerson Royal drew the score level towards the end of the first half.
Tottenham played their first game without Harry Kane and relied on Son Heung-min, Richarlison, and Dejan Kulusevski in attack.
Tottenham were able to open the lead when the game went 11 minutes. James Maddison's free-kick from the left side went to the front of the goal which Romero managed to head into Mark Flekken's goal. The score became 1-0.
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Unfortunately, after scoring a goal, Romero was immediately pulled out because his head collided with an opposing player.
Brentford then leveled the score at 1-1 in the 23rd minute with a penalty kick after Mathias Jensen was brought down by Son in the box. Bryan Mbuemo who became the executor successfully outwitted Guglielmo Vicario.
The home team was able to turn around the lead in the 36th minute. Starting from Rico Henry's stab on the left side, he then gave the ball to Yoane Wissa in the penalty area.
Wissa shot, but the ball hit the foot of Micky van de Ven who outwitted Vicario to make it 2-1 for the hosts.
Despite falling behind, Tottenham continued to attack in search of goals. Their efforts paid off in the 45+4th minute.
Tottenham equalized through Emerson Royal's goal. Maddison delivered a pull pass that was met by Emerson's shot from outside the box which Flekken failed to stop.
The first half ended with a score of 2-2.
Coming on in the second half, Brentford took the initiative in attack first and got a chance in the 57th minute through a dangerous attack that was saved by Vicario.
Son threatened in the 50th minute with a fierce strike that Flekken was able to parry. In the 64th minute, Tottenham threatened Brentford's goal again through Richarlison's shot after receiving Madisson's through pass, but again could not beat Flekken.
No goals were scored until the end of the match, the score was 2-2 standing.
"Tottenham Hotspur Vs Brentford" line-up
Brentford: Mark Flekken; Nathan Collins, Kristoffer Ajer (Mathias Jorgensen 84'), Ethan Pinnock; Aaron Hickey (Mads Roerslev 72'), Mathias Jensen (Mikkel Damsgaard 49'), Christian Norgaard (Shandon Baptiste 72'), Vitaly Janelt, Rico Henry; Yoane Wissa (Kevin Schade 72'), Bryan Mbeumo.
Tottenham Hotspur: Guglielmo Vicario; Emerson Royal, Micky van de Ven, Cristian Romero (Davinson Sanchez 14'), Destiny Udogie; Oliver Skipp (Pape Matar Sarr 75'), Yves Bissouma; Dejan Kulusevski, James Maddison, Son Heung-min (Ivan Perisic 75'); Richarlison.