Tottenham completely humiliated by Brentford in disastrous first half

Tottenham Hotspur have had a torrid time thus far against Brentford.

After 45 minutes, ‘The Bees’ lead 2-0 at the Gtech Community Stadium.

Brentford dominate Tottenham in the first half

After narrowly avoiding relegation last season, Tottenham wanted to kick things off today with a big performance to remind the world of exactly what they’re capable of.

Alas, the plan failed to come to fruition in the opening 45 minutes, with Brentford controlling the action.

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After just 12 minutes, Spurs fans were thrown back into the thick of everything that went wrong last year. Brentford’s record signing, Mamadou Sangare, played an excellent one-two to find space in the box before picking out Keane Lewis-Potter, who was left with a simple finish.

Capitalising on a Richarlison mistake, Mathias Jensen fired a shot at Antonin Kinsky, who saved the effort, but only managed to delay the inevitable, with Vitaly Janelt pouncing like a shark to double his side’s lead.

Roberto De Zerbi’s tactic to reverse losing mentality at Tottenham

Right now, Roberto De Zerbi really needs to give his team a boost in desire.

With that in mind, he might need to pull out one of the ideas he utilises on the training pitch.

This is the tactic De Zerbi uses to give Tottenham some much-needed motivation.

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