James Maddison hopes his first goal since March “shuts up a few people” after scoring Tottenham Hotspur’s third in Saturday’s 3-1 win over Brentford. The 27-year-old began the 2024-25 campaign with an assist in each of Tottenham’s opening two Premier League fixtures,

Having taken the lead, Brentford were quickly put under huge pressure by Spurs. It took only seven minutes for the equaliser to arrive but the frustration will be that they gifted it to their opponents with a loose pass when they had possession on the edge of their own penalty area.

Tottenham earned their second Premier League win of the season as they recovered from a nightmare start to beat Brentford 3-1 in north London. The Bees took an early lead against Manchester City a week ago,