This Wednesday, Tottenham won by the smallest difference (3-2) the match against Brentford, corresponding to date 22 of the England – Premier League 2023-2024 tournament. The goals of the match for the local team were scored by Iyenoma Udogie (2′ 2T), Brennan Johnson (3′ 2T) and Richarlison (10′ 2T). While the away goals were scored by Neal Maupay (14′ 1T) and Ivan Toney (21′ 2T).
Neal Maupay won the applause with his brilliant finish 14 minutes into the first half. After an individual play on the right, the forward shot at the goal from the large area and placed the ball to the left post of the goalkeeper, who could do nothing.
Iyenoma Udogie had a great performance. The Tottenham defender was important by scoring 1 goal and stealing 4 balls.
James Maddison also performed well. The Tottenham midfielder made 85 correct passes and was encouraged to kick 4 times.
The game became dirty with fouls and the players put in more force. There were several reprimands: Christian Norgaard, Neal Maupay, Dejan Kulusevski, Yehor Yarmoliuk and Jamie Donley.
Tottenham manager Angelos Postecoglou presented a 4-5-1 tactical layout with Guglielmo Vicario in goal; Pedro Porro, Cristian Romero, Micky van de Ven and Iyenoma Udogie on the defensive line; Oliver Skipp, Rodrigo Bentancur, Dejan Kulusevski, James Maddison and Timo Werner in the middle; and Richarlison in attack.
For its part, Thomas Frank’s team came out with a 3-5-2 tactical layout with Mark Flekken between the three sticks; Nathan Collins, Ethan Pinnock and Ben Mee in defense; Mads Roerslev, Mathias Jensen, Christian Norgaard, Vitaly Janelt and Keane Lewis-Potter in midfield; and Neal Maupay and Ivan Toney up front.
David Coote was in charge of supervising the order of play during the match.
On the next matchday Tottenham will face Everton as a visitor, while Brentford will play as a visitor against Manchester City.
In this way, the local team is in fourth place in the championship with 43 points, while the visiting team, with 22, is in fifteenth place.
BBC-NEWS-SRC: IMPORTING DATE: 2024-01-31 23:35:01