Tottenham Hotspur vs Brentford LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
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Tottenham climbed to fourth place in the Premier League as a second-half broadside fired them to a 3-2 home victory against struggling Brentford on Wednesday.
Neal Maupay prodded a lively Brentford into an early lead and Tottenham were ragged before halftime but they responded after the break with Destiny Udogie, Brennan Johnson and Richarlison all scoring in a devastating eight-minute spell.
Sensational going forward, Tottenham left back Udogie’s defending was less impressive and his mistake allowed Ivan Toney to halve the deficit with plenty of time left.
Chances were created at both ends in the closing stages of an absorbing contest and Tottenham were indebted to a superb stoppage-time save by Guglielmo Vicario to secure a fourth successive home league win.
Ange Postecoglou’s side moved above Aston Villa on goals scored with both clubs on 43 points from 22 games, three points behind third-placed Arsenal. Brentford’s sixth defeat in seven league games left them only four points above the relegation zone.
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Tottenham Hotspur vs Brentford
Romero cuts out a Brentford attack and away go Spurs on the counter. Maddison feeds Werner to his left, and the German's early snap-shot deflects off Collins to go behind for a corner.
Tottenham Hotspur vs Brentford
Substitution Mads Roerslev Rasmussen Pelenda Joshua Tunga Dasilva
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Substitution Nathan Michael Collins Kristoffer Vassbakk Köpp Ajer
Tottenham Hotspur vs Brentford
Followig their three-goal flurry early in this half, Tottenham have now scored in each of their last 34 Premier League games, their longest scoring streak in their league history. Only three teams have scored in more consecutive Premier League matches – Arsenal (55 from 2001 to 2002), Manchester United (36 from 2007 to 2008) and Liverpool (36 from 2019 to 2020).
Tottenham Hotspur vs Brentford
Brentford have numbers queuing up in the box after a chance for Mee is blocked, and Roerslev's cross is chested down by Janelt. He's looking to shoot, but can't get the ball under control in time before it's hacked clear by Spurs' Porro!
Tottenham Hotspur vs Brentford
Kulusevski lines up a shot through the crowded Brentford box following Maddison's lay-off, but Mee makes the block which sends the ball back into the path of the Spurs number 10. Maddison tries to scoop a chipped shot in at the far post, but it's skewed wide and Flekken will take the goal-kick.
Tottenham Hotspur vs Brentford
That's two in two games for Toney after returning from his eight-month betting ban, and could it inspire Brentford to make a Lazarus-like comeback of their own?
Tottenham Hotspur vs Brentford
Richarlison's goal to make it 3-1 was his seventh his last seven Premier League appearances, more than he'd managed in his previous 47. Nine of his 11 goal involvements overall this season have come in his last seven appearances at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Tottenham Hotspur vs Brentford
WIDE!!! Toney goes close once again! Yarmoliuk's smart scoop over the top puts Maupay in behind the defence, and he draws two Spurs defenders before squaring to Toney in the box. Out comes Flekken and in come a plethora of sliding challenges, but Toney evades them all before pulling his eventual shot across the face of goal and wide!
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