Son fires Tottenham to sixth position hit Brentford 2-0

Tottenham earned back-to-back Premier League wins under Antonio Conte for the first time as a 2-0 victory over Brentford moved them up to within two points of the top four.

With Sunday’s postponement at Burnley denying Spurs the chance to respond to last Thursday’s embarrassing Europa Conference League defeat at NS Mura, their first-ever top-flight meeting with Brentford presented Conte’s men with the opportunity to bounce back – and it was one they seized.

Ben Davies forced an early own goal from Sergi Canos, and Heung-Min Son wrapped up the victory with a sweeping counter-attacking second midway through the second half as Spurs, who remain far from the finished article, showed signs that Conte’s methods were finally beginning to bear fruit.

For Brentford, having arrested their five-game winless run against Everton last time out, it was another defeat to digest for Thomas Frank’s side, who shaded possession but lacked the attacking quality as their late barrage on the Spurs goal proved to be in vain.

The victory sees Tottenham extend their unbeaten run against Brentford to 12 matches in all competitions and lifts them up to sixth in the Premier League, while the visitors drop a place to 12th after suffering their fifth defeat in seven.

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Spurs were keen to start on the front foot and could have opened the scoring in the opening 10 minutes as Harry Kane played in Lucas Moura, but Alvaro Fernandez was equal to a fizzing shot at the near post.

It did not take long for them to break the deadlock, although there was some fortune involved. Son sent in a wicked cross after a short corner which Pontus Jansson headed against team-mate Canos and the ball flew into the net.