Tottenham see off Brentford 2-1 in closed-door friendly
Spurs got goals from Fernando Llorente and GK N’Koudou in a match that nobody got to see. Hey look, another preseason friendly that nobody could watch! Tottenham got a first half goal from Victor Wanyama, and George-Kevin N’Koudou struck late in the second half as Spurs defeated Brentford 2-1 on Saturday in the second closed-door friendly of the preseason.
It’s always difficult to judge a preseason match, which is almost always more about fitness than it is about tactics, and it’s even tougher when you’re not invited to watch the squad play. Brentford’s match report makes it sound as though the Bees more than held their own against what they called a “strong” Tottenham side, albeit one that was without most of Spurs’ World Cup stars w...