Ange Postecoglou will demand improvement from his Spurs side after having to settle for a 2-2 away draw with Brentford in his English Premier League managerial debut.
Tottenham led 1-0 from an early Cristian Romero header, but then trailed 2-1 before grabbing an equaliser in first-half stoppage time through Emerson Royal.
It was a rollercoaster ride for Postecoglou on the back of a turbulent week following the departure of star striker Harry Kane, who left Spurs to join German giants Bayern Munich.
Romero was forced off immediately after he scored with a head knock, while Brentford’s goals came from a Bryan Mbeumo penalty that was only awarded after VAR intervention and a Yoane Wissa shot that took a telling deflection off Tottenham defender Micky van de Ven.
“There was a fair bit going on in the first half and it would have been easy for the lads to lose their composure, drop their heads, but I thought they handled themselves really well,” former Socceroos coach Postecoglou told SpursPlay.
“We controlled the game well in the second half, but we just lacked a bit of a threat in the final third, a little bit of creativity, but considering everything that happened, overall, I thought it was a good performance.
“It’s the first game of the season. Whatever we did we know we’ll improve (on). We’ll have to improve from here, but it’s a good starting point.”
Spurs are back in action next Sunday morning (AEST) with a home game against Manchester United.
