After a mixed start to the season, with Spurs securing just one win from their first four league fixtures, they made the worst possible start against Brentford when Bryan Mbeumo scored inside the first 25 seconds. Despite the early setback, Spurs responded well, going into halftime 2-1 up after goals from Dominic Solanke and Brennan Johnson. James Maddison sealed the win with a late third goal. Amid their early season struggles, Spurs manager Ange Postecoglou was pleased with what he saw from his team in the 3-1 win over Brentford.
Ange Postecoglou said after the game “Yeah, I thought it was fun, it was exciting. I said to the lads after the game that it’s exactly who we want to be. Obviously, we kind of kept them in the game by not sort of getting that third goal, but it had a little bit of everything. We needed Vic a couple of times so he contributes, everyone contributes to the game, but really pleased for the lads. Obviously not an ideal start but it was almost like it never happened. The boys had a real clear focus on ways we could get through them and create opportunities for ourselves. We scored three great goals and definitely should add more but overall really pleased.”
Postecoglou also addressed questions about Dominic Solanke, who had failed to score in his first three Tottenham appearances, praising his frontman for his goal and overall performance:
Ange Postecoglou said “Yeah, I mean, again Dom’s still working his way to match fitness. You saw at the end there, he was out of gas. We wanted to take him off a bit earlier, but we needed that third goal to kill the game off. But he was good again, I think he’s been good in every game he’s played for us, and as you said, strikers love scoring goals and, yeah, a great moment for him to score his first goal for the club, particularly at home. But aside from that, again it was a really strong performance by him.”
