Brentford crush woeful Tottenham in Premier League opener

[p]After a huge summer spend, it’s fair to say that [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/tottenham/UDg08Ohm/"]Tottenham[/a]’s back-foot start in west London was rather anticlimactic.[/p][p][b]Several half-chances had come and gone for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/brentford/xYe7DwID/"]Brentford[/a] before they eventually took a deserved lead, and it was a big-money signing of their own who was heavily involved in the build-up as club-record summer arrival [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sangare-mamadou/fycPEpMH/"]Mamadou Sangare[/a] exchanged a neat one-two with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ouattara-dango/GvqREHp3/"]Dango Ouattara[/a] before cutting the ball back for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lewis-potter-keane/UyeRftbc/"]Keane Lewis-Potter[/a] to sweep home.[/b][/p][image alt="Match momentum" id="d4085504-533b-419e-9cfb-d6d452992439" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="07883ebc-0a2b-4682-b04f-347533e27c62" original-width="3840" original-height="2160" /][p]The Bees’ pressure was unrelenting in the opening stages, and only the woodwork prevented [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rodriguez-thiago/MmJb4MzQ/"]Igor Thiago[/a] doubling their advantage moments later when he crashed a header against the crossbar. [/p][p]A shell-shocked Spurs had some sloppy play from Ouattara to thank for not falling two behind on the half-hour mark when his heavy touch while bearing down on [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kinsky-antonin/hv1U4aGj/"]Antonin Kinsky[/a]’s goal spared the visitors’ blushes.[/p][p][b]It was Kinsky left red-faced from Brentford’s next attack though, as he fumbled a stinging drive from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/jensen-mathias/Aijf2AQ6/"]Mathias Jensen[/a] into the path of the grateful [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/janelt-vitaly/pSeiTOw5/"]Vitaly Janelt[/a] who stroked into an unguarded net.[/b][/p][image alt="Player of the match" id="625243ca-9322-45ce-82ea-80a0e00006af" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="b23d5f03-3c18-4982-b53b-c151756cf36c" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/de-zerbi-roberto/pYizckpN/"]De Zerbi[/a] thought a half-time double change would change the flow of the game, but he was sorely mistaken, as within five minutes of the restart they found themselves three behind.[/p][p][b]A half-cleared corner was hammered goalwards by Sangare, and although Kinsky initially produced a smart stop to deny him, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kayode-michael/CrxJQ1Q8/"]Michael Kayode[/a] was on hand to turn home the rebound from inside the six-yard box. [/b][/p][p]Things went from bad to worse when substitute [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bentancur-rodrigo/nLRMnJtJ/"]Rodrigo Bentancur[/a] felled [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/schade-kevin/GOPUXXvG/"]Kevin Schade[/a] inside the area, but a huge stroke of fortune saw Igor Thiago steer his penalty against the post.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/moore-mikey/zRAWGr3f/"]Mikey Moore[/a] squandered three good opportunities to get Spurs back into the game, but was denied each time by Caoimhín Kelleher.[/p][image alt="Match stats" id="10c8fda8-100f-4fc3-b485-9c65d699553b" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="f7d2814e-6c27-4560-896c-cacdc802daa5" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /][p]De Zerbi threw on all of his attacking options off the bench in a desperate bid to salvage something from the game, but it was ultimately fruitless, as the north Londoners went down with a bit of a whimper on their way to just a second defeat in 11 Premier League season openers.[/p][p]Brentford could scarcely have dreamed of a better start to the campaign, with three points made ever sweeter by the fact this was their first-ever league win over Spurs on this ground.[/p][p][b]Flashscore Man of the Match: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kelleher-caoimhin/4S8JqWN0/"]Caoimhin Kelleher[/a] (Brentford)[/b][/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/brentford-xYe7DwID/tottenham-UDg08Ohm/?mid=EPW0kJF8"]Click here to see all the stats of the match[/a].[/p]