Tottenham Hotspur’s Dominic Solanke, middle, celebrates scoring their first aim with Son Heung-min, left, and Brennan Johnson throughout the recreation towards Brentford at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London, Sept. 21. Reuters-Yonhap
Striker Dominic Solanke scored his first aim for Tottenham Hotspur as Ange Postecoglou’s workforce recovered from conceding contained in the opening minute to beat Brentford 3-1 within the Premier League on Saturday.
Bryan Mbeumo’s acrobatic volley shocked the house crowd however 65-million-pound ($86.59-million) signing Solanke calmed the jitters when he tapped in a rebound within the eighth minute.
Brennan Johnson fired Tottenham forward after 28 minutes however Tottenham’s lead regarded weak within the second half till James Maddison was arrange Son Heung-min to make it 3-1.
Tottenham’s second win of the season lifted them to tenth with seven factors from 5 video games with Brentford, who’ve six factors, dropping to twelfth.
Regardless of an unconvincing 2-1 victory over second-tier Coventry Metropolis within the League Cup in midweek, questions have been being requested about Tottenham supervisor Postecoglou after the membership’s worst begin to Premier League marketing campaign since 2015.
So when Mbeumo met a cross by Keane Lewis-Potter with a swivelling volley into the highest nook 23 seconds after kickoff it regarded ominous for the hosts within the late summer time sunshine.
It was the second week in a row that Brentford had scored within the opening minute after Yoane Wissa scored after 22 seconds towards reigning champions Manchester Metropolis, however simply as at The Etihad they ended up pointless.
Tottenham responded to the setback positively and when Maddison seized on a sloppy move out of defence by Ethan Pinnock his shot was parried by keeper Mark Flekken, Solanke was alert to stroke residence the equaliser.
“Dom labored his socks off. He was gone on the finish. He’s nonetheless getting again to match health, however I do know he’s going to offer a lot for us in that central place,” Postecoglou stated of the striker signed from Bournemouth.
“All strikers love objectives so will probably be an excellent second for him particularly at residence.”
Tottenham Hotspur’s Greek-Australian Head Coach Ange Postecoglou, middle, embraces Tottenham Hotspur’s Korean striker Son Heung-Min, left, and Tottenham Hotspur’s Argentinian defender Cristian Romero on the pitch after the English Premier League soccer match between Tottenham Hotspur and Brentford on the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, Sept. 21. AFP-Yonhap
With confidence restored Tottenham started to dominate and Son performed within the vigorous Johnson down the precise and his angled shot flashed previous Flekken and into the online.
Tottenham misplaced management although and goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario nearly gifted Brentford an equaliser however made amends to disclaim Fabio Carvalho after which Mbeumo.
Johnson squandered an opportunity to make it 3-1 after the break and Vicario was compelled to make a surprising save to claw out a header from substitute Kevin Schade halfway by way of the half.
There was a way of hysteria across the stadium till a flowing transfer from the hosts noticed Son launch Maddison on the left and he completed in type.
“It was a superb win, a superb efficiency,” Postecoglou, whose aspect start their Europa League marketing campaign subsequent week, stated.
“Our performances have been good all 12 months however at present we obtained the consequence as properly which is essentially the most pleasing bit. We should always have received by a good bit extra however we nonetheless obtained the job finished.” (Reuters)
