LONDON — 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 staff’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 track 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 had been sufficient to point out that his underlying ways will probably 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 might be seen as a optimistic first step provided that Thomas Frank’s staff beat Manchester United, Manchester City and Liverpool at house final season.
“Football clubs move on pretty quickly,” Postecoglou mentioned about coping with out Kane. “I haven’t needed to address it, I haven’t needed to give them a warm fuzzy cuddle just to see how they are. We had a game to prepare for and they knew that. I think that was the important thing for us. … We showed a real resilience that we’re going to need because it’s going to be a challenging year for sure.”
PHOTOS: Tottenham begins life with out Kane with 2-2 draw at Brentford in Premier League
The recreation’s kickoff was delayed by six minutes after a difficulty with the water provide meant the bogs contained in the stadium couldn’t be used. It got here a day after Arsenal’s house recreation in opposition to Nottingham Forest was delayed by half-hour due to a difficulty 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 mentioned. “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 potential concussion following an earlier conflict of heads.
Brentford equalized after the hosts had been awarded a penalty when Son Heung-min made gentle contact with Mathias Jensen within the space, and Bryan Mbeumo transformed from the spot. Tottenham had 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 leveled for Tottenham in first-half harm time with a one-time shot from exterior the realm after one other help from Maddison.
Tottenham ahead Richarlison, who has the job of filling the footwear of Kane, was largely saved quiet however had a shot saved by Mark Flekken within the second half.
Flekken began in purpose rather than David Raya, who is anticipated to finish a transfer to Arsenal.
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