rentford seemed to have earned one other massive scalp as Premier League soccer returned on Boxing Day, just for Tottenham to mount one other profitable comeback.
Vitaly Janelt and Ivan Toney fired the Bees into close to complete management on the Brentford Group Stadium, just for Spurs to steal a 14th Premier League level for the marketing campaign from a shedding place.
Right here’s how Nick Purewal rated Brentford towards Spurs…
David Raya 6
Strong sufficient afternoon’s work regardless of the irritating second-half.
Mathias Jorgensen 7
Very tidy flick for Ivan Toney’s aim and will do little to curb the Tottenham restoration.
Ethan Pinnock 7
Saved his head amid Spurs’ late comeback.
Ben Mee 6
Unfortunate deflection teed up Spurs’ equaliser in an in any other case stable exhibiting.
Mads Roerslev 6
Essential in Brentford’s tactical dominance of the first-half however pale because the tie wore on.
Mathias Jensen 7
One other composed exhibiting because the Bees dominated the midfield battle for the primary hour/
Christian Norgaard 7
A superb instance of Thomas Frank’s savvy teaching in one other shrewd exhibiting.
Vitaly Janelt 8
Led the cost because the Bees’ midfield trio dominated the primary hour. Astute tactical interventions so as to add to his aim.
Rico Henry 7
Sustained the tempo and the stress on the left flank for one more good exhibiting.
Bryan Mbeumo 7
A relentless outlet for Brentford together with his tempo and trickery on the ball, and onerous work off it.
Ivan Toney 8
Shook off the off-field fees for alleged betting infringements to ship a trademark aim amid good hyperlink play.
Replacements
Samman Ghoddos (for Jensen, 67) 6
Put himself about because the Bees battled for some extent after shedding management
Josh Dasilva (for Norgaard, 82) 6
Compelled to work onerous on his introduction amid a scrambled, chaotic conclusion
Yoane Wissa (for Mbeumo, 82) 6
Needed to dig in and assist the rearguard motion as Tottenham dominated the closing levels
Unused: Goode, Jansson, Lewis-Potter, Damgsaard, Cox.
