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
WIDE!!! Toney plays a one-two with Lewis-Potter before unleashing a piledriver from the edge of the box, which has Vicario clutching at thin air as the venomously-struck ball creeps just beyond the far post!
Tottenham Hotspur vs Brentford
Spurs are yet to win any of the three games they've trailed at half-time so far this season, but that remarkable three-goal burst leaves them well on course to secure all three points from here on in!
Tottenham Hotspur vs Brentford
BLOCKED!!! A glorious Johnson touch rolls Porro's throughball into Kulusevski's path, but he chooses to cut inside and shoot rather than going first-time with his right foot! Mee's block sends the ball into Johnson's path, who tees up Porro to leather a wayward effort well wide of the mark!
Tottenham Hotspur vs Brentford
Norgaard and Jensen get tangled up with the ball as they dispossess Maddison and it drops to Richarlison, who turns and slams a left-footed shot just wide of the target!
Tottenham Hotspur vs Brentford
Udogie is clipped very late indeed by the already-booked Norgaard, and given how often that kind of challenge warrants a yellow, the Brentford captain is very luckly to still be on the pitch!
Tottenham Hotspur vs Brentford
Tottenham have just scored their ninth and 10th goals in the first 15 minutes of their second halves this season, the most of any side in the Premier League!
Tottenham Hotspur vs Brentford
Werner's causing Brentford all sorts of problems down the left again, breezing past Collins before seeing his low cross put behind for a corner by Pinnock!
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