Goals and Highlights: Brentford 2-2 Tottenham in Premier League

This is how the equalizer was scored. A key goal for Tottenham that tied the game with this shot by Pierre-Emile Højbjerg in the 71st minute. 

🔥 ¡SE EMPATÓ EL PARTIDO! 🔥

👊 Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg remató en el área y pone emoción al final.#BrentfordFC 2-2 #Tottenham

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— Telemundo Deportes (@TelemundoSports) December 26, 2022

Son had the last of the game and goalkeeper Raya saves the Bees. Brentford and Tottenham leave with a draw, sharing points on this Boxing Day. 

Five minutes added on. Dier tries to send in a cross for Kane and it goes wide. Key seconds to see if the tie is broken.  

They almost scored the third!
 Bryan Mbeumo narrowly scores the 3rd goal of the morning, but the shot goes just wide of Foster's post. Spurs have a corner kick with 5 minutes to go. 

The Bees were saved!
The third almost falls for Spurs, but the post saves the home side. We are approaching the 85th minute. 

As we approached the 80th minute, the game was close and the match was very close after Pierre-Emile Højbjerg's goal. Some penalties were called for, but the referee was unsuccessful in giving those decisions. 

Pierre-Emile Højbjerg's goal tied the game.

🔥 ¡SE EMPATÓ EL PARTIDO! 🔥

👊 Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg remató en el área y pone emoción al final.#BrentfordFC 2-2 #Tottenham

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— Telemundo Deportes (@TelemundoSports) December 26, 2022

In this way Harry Kane scored the first goal for Tottenham.

🌪️ ¡HURRIKAAAAANE! 🌪️

😎 Y apareció el goleador de los @SpursOfficial: de cabeza Harry Kane, mete a su equipo al partido.#BrentfordFC 2-1 #Tottenham

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— Telemundo Deportes (@TelemundoSports) December 26, 2022

The equalizer!
Goooooooooooool for Spurs. The game has been tied, Pierre-Emile Højbjerg finishes inside the box and gives hope to his team to look for the third goal. Seconds later Kane could have scored goal number 3, but without danger for the goalkeeper. 

Spurs look for an equalizer, commanding an attack with Son but the Korean's cross is unsuccessful.

Stop Kane!
Spurs goal, Harry Kane scores the goal with a header. He tightens the scoreboard with this goal.  

The Bees go up on the scoreboard. Pushing the ball Ivan Toney scored the second for the Bees. 

😱 ¿Qué sucede con los ‘Spurs’?

🐝 Ivan Toney solamente la empujó al fondo de las redes#BrentfordFC 2-0 #Tottenham

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— Telemundo Deportes (@TelemundoSports) December 26, 2022

The second one is here!
Goal
The Bees score the second goal of the morning. Dier causes the corner kick, which causes the home team to score. Pushing the ball Ivan Toney. 

Here's how Vitaly Janelt's Bees goal gives the home side the lead. Scored in the first half.  

😍 ¡Por esto y más extrañábamos la @premierleague!

🐝 ¡@BrentfordFC ya lo gana gracias al gol de Vitaly Janelt!#BrentfordFC 1-0 #Tottenham#LigaPremierTD #BoxingDay pic.twitter.com/kfI9Aw1jQ0

— Telemundo Deportes (@TelemundoSports) December 26, 2022

We go to halftime, with Vitaly Janelt's goal for the Bees giving the home side the lead. At 44 Toney had the second goal, but it was flagged off-target. 
Sonny had two chances from outside the box without success. 

It's not a goal!
We have a few minutes left on the clock, the pace of the game has slowed, with little time left in the first half. Spurs lose possession and Toney would score the goal. But the referee calls offside.

The Bees are dominating tactically, the visitors are doing their best to attack and look for the equalizer. With 2 shots from distance by Sonny.

Son again!
Sonny hits it from behind, looking for the goalkeeper's low post. But again Raya saves. Spurs are looking for the equalizer.
 

Son tried!
Sonny shoots from outside the box, looking to surprise goalkeeper David Raya, but the Korean's shot doesn't end in a goal.

The goal is here!
Goal for Brentford. The home team goes ahead, taking advantage of the rebound Janelt pushes it with his knee and scores the one to zero.

Free kick for Spurs, great shot by Kane that ends up in the wall, but Brentford having the danger in their area clears the ball towards a handball that achieves an unsuccessful counterattack. 

More possession and pressure from Brentford. With the Bees box being more in the Spurs box. Close we get to 10 minutes of play.

First corner kick for the Bees, unsuccessful cross ends up in Foster's hands.

The ball is rolling at Brentford Community Stadium.

Before the game starts, in the last 3 games between Brentford vs Tottenham. The Bees have not beaten Spurs. With a goalless draw and 2 Tottenham wins, by the same score of 2-0. 

Forster

Doherty

Tangana 

Dier

Lenglet

Perisic

Bissouma

Hojbjerg

Kulusevski

Son 

Kane (c)

Raya

Roerslev

Zanka

Mee

Pinnok

Henry

Norgaard (c)

Janelt

Jensen

Mbeumo

Toney

Both teams are already doing stretching exercises, prior to the start of the game between Manchester United vs Burnley in the return of the Premier League

The fans of both teams have arrived at the Brentford Community Stadium, waiting for their national team to warm up.

Both teams have already arrived at the stadium, minutes before they go out to warm up, after the start of the game at the Brentford Community Stadium.

We've arrived 👋 pic.twitter.com/nBDiOEBneR

— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) December 26, 2022

Everything is ready for the players of both teams to arrive, the dressing rooms are already complete with all the players' accessories. 

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Team News coming at 11.30am

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— Brentford FC (@BrentfordFC) December 26, 2022

We are just minutes away from the start of this game between Brentford vs Tottenham, from the Brentford Community Stadium corresponding to the Premier League. In a few moments we will share with you the lineups of the teams, with many surprises on both sides.

We're back for the minute-by-minute coverage of Brentford vs Tottenham. We will shortly share with you the confirmed lineups, as well as relevant facts about the clash between these two teams.

 In a few moments we will share with you the Brentford vs Tottenham live starting lineups, as well as the latest information from the Brentford Community Stadium. Keep an eye on the action with VAVEL's minute-by-minute live online coverage.

USA Date: Monday, December 26th.

USA Time: 7:30 a.m. ET

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This is the start time of the game Brentford vs Tottenham: of December 26 2022 in several countries:

Country	Date	Local Time	TV channel and live transmissions
Argentina	Monday, December 26th.	17:00 hours	In Star +.
Bolivia	Monday, December 26th.	17:00 hours	In Star+.
Brazil	Monday, December 26th..	17:00 hours	In Star +.
Chile	Monday, December 26th.	17:00 hours	In Star +.
Colombia	Monday, December 26th.	15:00 hours	In Star +.
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Spain	Monday, December 26th.	20:00 hours	In Movistar +.
Canada	Monday, December 26th.	15:00 hours	In Fubo TV Canada.
USA	Monday, December 26th.	15:00 hours	In Telemundo Deportes y NBC Sports.
Mexico	Monday, December 26th.	14:00 hours	In Paramount +.
Paraguay	Monday, December 26th.	17:00 hours	In Star +.
Peru	Monday, December 26th.	17:00 hours	In Star +.
Uruguay	Monday, December 26th.	17:00 hours	In Star +.
Venezuela	Monday, December 26th.	16:00 hours	In Star +.

Some players who have already finished their vacation period after the World Cup, have already reported with Spurs, Heung Min Son, Eric Dier, Richarlison, Perisic and Harry Kane. These are the players that Antonio Conte will be able to count on.

In the case of Romero and Lloris, World Cup finalists, they have not yet reported to their clubs, but will return to the field at the end of their vacation period.

Korean winger Heung-min Son, one of the stars of this team with Spurs for his great skills, in the 13 games he has played in Premier League he has scored 3 goals and 2 assists. Sonny comes from participating in the World Cup with South Korea with 4 games he has made an assist.

In the last friendly against Nice he was present, after finishing his vacation and had a few minutes in the second half.

On the side of the Bees we find Keane Lewis-Potter, one of the young promises of this squad, with 21 years old, the Englishman arrived in 2022, signing until 2028 from Hull City. In 7 games in the Premier League he has made one assist. His position can be striker or winger on both wings, but more on the left.

In their last friendlies, these were the starting squads for both teams.

Tottenham: F.Foster, D. Sanchez, J. Tanganga, C. Lenglet, Emerson, Y. Bissouma, P. Hojbjerg, M. Doherty, D. Kulusevski, H. White and B. Gil.

Brentford: Winterbottom, Canós, Zanka, Pinnock, Goode, Lewis Potter, Trevitt, Janelt, Ghoddos, Damsgaard and Wissa.

Spurs come from a good moment in the league, because they remain in fourth position, before the break of selections they played against Leeds, where they won by 4 goals. With a good performance of the Uruguayan Rodrigo Betancur.

They had some friendlies with Motherwell, where they won with goals by Bryan Gil and a brace by Matt Doherty. Against Nice, where they tied to one goal, Matt himself made great actions, due to Tottenham's multiple absentees for the selected players.

After this game they will face Aston Villa on January 1st and then Crystal Palace for a few days. Until Saturday 7 they will play in the FA Cup against Portsmouth. With Arsenal they will play until the 15th of this month of January and on the 19th against Manchester City. Key duels to continue climbing in the top positions that are played between the top 3 teams, Arsenal, City and Newcastle.

The Bees come to this return of activities in the Premier League as the team that is in the number 10 position, with two friendlies held in the World Cup season.

Playing against Bordeaux, where they lost by two goals to one. With Celta Vigo they lost by three goals and with Wolfsburg they drew with two goals.

Their last league game was against Manchester City, where they surprised the world by beating the team coached by Guardiola, with two goals from Ivan Toney.

Brentford will face West Ham and Liverpool in the Premier League. But in FA Cup they will play the third round against West Ham.

The venue for this game between Brentford vs Tottenham on date 17 will be played at the Brentford Community Stadium, its location is in London, with a capacity of 17,250 people, it is one of the newest stadiums in the league, opened in 2020, built since 2018.

My name is Mauricio Gonzalez and I’ll be your host for this game. We will provide you with pre-game analysis, score updates, and news as it happens live here on VAVEL.