EPL||Mbuemo’s sensational volley neutralized by Spurs’ comeback

Indomitable Lions wideman Bryan Mbuemo scored a spectacular volley but Spurs rallied a comeback to run away w 3-1 winners in the early premier league kickoff on Saturday.

Brentford found another early goal on the road after Wissa’s last week at the Ethihad. Bryan Mbuemo shocked the Tottenham Hotspur supporters with a goal inside 30 seconds.

The goal was Mbeumo’s fourth of the campaign as the Bees were humming early on. Tottenham went on to equalize seven minutes later through Dominic Solanke.

Tottenham continued the frantic press and forced numerous Brentford turnovers, who were on the back foot the entire half. Brennan Johnson put Spurs ahead inside a half hour thanks to another move started by Maddison. Son picked out Johnson in space, who dribbled Nathan Collins and fired a low ball past Flekken and into the bottom left corner of the goal to put Spurs 2-1.

Brentford did have a couple of late opportunities, none worse than after Guglielmo Vicario was caught in possession and coughed up the ball just in front of his own goal, but was able to recover and save the chance. Spurs went into the break up 2-1 and with the wind at their backs.

Big Ange opted not to make any changes at halftime, which makes sense considering how well the team played in the opening 45 minutes. The press was again in high gear at least in the first part of the match — Dejan Kulusevski was played into the box after another Brentford turnover, but despite some lovely 1-2 play in the box Deki had his shot saved by Flekken.

Spurs let off on the press midway through the half, probably due to exhaustion, and let Brentford get a foothold on the match. The visitors ended up with couple of decent looks at goal that forced excellent stops by Vicario, including one wild one-handed diving stop from a free header by Brentford’s Kevin Schade.

There was a nervous energy midway through the second half but Spurs cut that short after James Maddison chipped Flekken for Tottenham’s third goal in the 85th minute off of an exceptional team attack started by Yves Bissouma and facilitated by Son Heung-Min, who had two assists on the day.

The end result was a solid win by Spurs, one desperately needed after a string of early results that have sapped some of the resolve out of supporters early on this season. The win propels Spurs up to tenth with seven points from its first five matches.