Tottenham ended their Premier League losing streak with a 2-0 victory over Brentford at the Gtech Community Stadium. (More Football News)
Ange Postecoglou’s side halted a run of four successive defeats to claim their first win since a 5-0 rout of bottom side Southam𝓡pton on December 15.
The visitors ⛦broke the deadlock in the 29th minute wheꦅn Vitaly Janelt unwittingly turned Pedro Porro's corner into his own net.
🅷Brentford saw a golden opportunity to equalise go begging early in the second half, when Yoane Wissa was unable to turn home Mikkel Damsgaard's cross from close range.
Djed Spence cleared o💦ff the line from Fabio Carvalho before Spurs sealed victory three minutes from time, with Pape Sarr latching onto Heung-min Son's throughball and slotting in.
Pape Sarr sealed the points in the 87th minute, moments after Djed Spence had cleared off the line from Fabio Carvalho, cond😼emning Thomas Frank’s side to a fift🥃h defeat in six home matches across all competitions.
Spurs climb to 14th place – ahead of West Ham with a superior goal difference – and move within four points of Brentford, who remain 11th after a fifth de💦feat in six home matches across all competitions.
Data Debrief: Spurs earn local bragging rights once more
Tottenham were victorious in a Premier League London derby away from home for the first time since beating Crystal 🐎Palace 2-1 in⛦ October 2023, while it was their first clean sheet in such games under Ange Postecoglou.
Valdimarsson became the first Icelandic goalkeeper to start a Premier League𓆉 match, but the Brentford stopper was helpless for Janelt's own-goal.
Since the start o🎃f last season, Spurs have benefitted from more own-goals than any other team ꧑in the Premier League (eight).
The visitors' clean sheet was🐠 the ideal way for Archie Gray to mark his 10th Premier League start.
A♑ged 18 years and 327 day♛s old, the defender is the second-youngest Spurs player to reach double figures for the club, after Aaron Lennon (18 years and 295 days in February 2006).
