Brentford kicked off their Premier League campaign with an emphatic 3-0 win against Roberto de Zerbi's Tottenham Hotspur at The Gtech Community Stadium. The result delivered a miserable start to the season for the expensively-rebuilt Spurs side.
Brentford's goals came from Keane Lewis-Potter, Vitaly Janelt, and Michael Kayode. Mamadou Sangare, the club's £39m record signing, was rated 'outstanding' for his performance, winning and using possession effectively, and setting up Lewis-Potter's opening goal.
For Tottenham, £100m signing Sandro Tonali endured a 'desperately poor debut', reportedly receiving ironic cheers for one first-half effort and failing to exert serious influence. New first-choice goalkeeper Antonin Kinsky was deemed at fault for Janelt's goal, while Archie Gray, Spurs' youngest captain, played as an emergency right-back.