Tottenham v Brentford: Premier League – live! | Football

15 min: Brentford are attempting to exert some strain however there’s not a lot precision within the strategy play and Spurs are holding them off simply.

Sons takes a nook brief and will get it again. Then he curls a cross into the field. A number of gamers go for it: Davies is the closest Spur, however Jansson appears to get to it first – his clearing header rebounds off Canos and into the web!

12 min: Canos slides in to poke the ball out for a nook moderately than enable Dier’s raking diagonal cross to succeed in Reguilon, who made one other burst from the left.

10 min: Son will get an opportunity to run on the defence from midfield for the primary time. Kane drifts huge to the left to anticipate a cross, which is duly delivered. On the nook of the field the England captain tries to sidestep his well past Goode, however the defender reads his intentions and relieves him on the ball.

7 min: Fernandez is compelled right into a save for the primary time, pushing over a drive by Lucas on the close to put up. It was properly struck on the run by the Brazilian however by no means more likely to beat any half-decent keeper.

6 min: Mbeuma takes down an extended ball from the again, then swaps passes with Onyeka earlier than digging out a helpful cross type the best. Lloris intervenes.

4 min: Toney heads a nook clear. That’s one other treasured facet to his sport: he’s nearly Drogba-esque in his defensive capacity.

3 min: Brentford are actually working towards what their supervisor preached beforehand: they’re urgent very excessive and laborious. However Spurs finally play their approach via them and ship Reguilon hurtling down the left. He belts in a harmful low cross, which is cleared from in entrance of the aim. Thirty seconds later Reguilon is again, sending in one other fizzing cross that’s turned behind for a nook.

1 min: Spurs-Bees is go! The away workforce set the ball rolling , knocking it straight again to Fernandez to punt downfield.

Right here comes the groups. The hosts are sporting their time-honoured lillywhite clobber, whereas Brentford are sporting all yellow.

Earlier than kickoff, spectators at Spurs’ stadium are to be handled to a sound and light-weight present or, because it was once referred to as, some disco hijinks.

“In the course of the shut season Dele bulked up,” says Tony Pateman. “He’s tremendous match however has misplaced pace and adaptability, his key qualities. He must reverse the method and can get again to his distinctive finest.”

“It’s crucial that we go to this massive membership – with a large stadium and a full home – and don’t be afraid: we have now to attempt to do our type and be courageous on and off the ball. Off the ball we have to press excessive, and on the ball we have to play ahead. Spurs will come out flying, attacking, there’s little doubt about that. We’re dealing with a membership with massive ambitions and so they wish to be within the prime 4 a minimum of so I assume the strain is somewhat bit on them.”

The Spurs supervisor says he expects to see his gamers implement what they’ve been doing in coaching: “I believe we’re enhancing and have been working collectively for weeks so now’s the best second to see the development on the pitch.”

Conte makes two alterations to the lineup that began their final league match, the 2-1 victory over Leeds. Sanchez and Skipp are available in – after, um, impressing final week agaisnt NS Mura? – instead of Tanganga and Winks. In the meantime, Brentford are unchanged from the win over Everton.

Spurs: Lloris; Sanchez, Dier, Davies; Emerson, Hojbjerg, Skipp, Reguilon; Lucas, Kane, Son

Subs: Gollini, Doherty, Tanganga, Sessegnon, Winks, Ndombele, Bryan, Bergwijn

Brentford: Fernandez; Pinnock, Jansson, Goode; Henry, NOrgaard, Janelt, Onyeka, Canos; Mbeuma, Toney

Subs: Cox, Jensen. Forss, Wissa, Ghoddos, Baptiste, Roerslev, Maghoma, Stevens

Referee: J Moss

Good day and welcome. Spurs and Brentford haven’t met one another within the league since December 1949, again when each had been within the second tier (although Spurs gained promotion on the finish of that season, their first beneath a visionary new supervisor, Arthur Rowe). Now each golf equipment ensconced in the course of the Premier League. Sure, that is ninth place versus eleventh place with virtually nothing – simply little ol’ Manchester United – between the 2 golf equipment. Reward be Brentford, disgrace on Spurs.

Thomas Frank’s aspect have enriched the Premier League by displaying a whole lot of the qualities that Spurs have typically lacked this season, reminiscent of cohesiveness, dynamism and sharpness. Sustaining that with their modest sources shall be a neat trick. Spurs’, in the meantime, have been a puzzle that Nuno Espirito Santo failed to resolve and Antonio Conte now has to get his head round: they’re produced one glorious half in 4 matches beneath the Italian and their finest outcome thus far might have been the snow-enforced postponement of final Sunday’s sport at Burnley. That gave the Italian extra time to tutor his new prices, or simply to check them and take a look at to determine how one can get them to carry out properly constantly. Reviving Harry Kane is likely one of the challenges confronted by Conte. Possibly Spurs’ dwindling striker shall be impressed by the sight of Ivan Toney, who might make a very good case for being included within the subsequent England squad as a substitute of Kane? It’s on!