Woeful Spurs easily beaten at Brentford despite big-spending summer

Report and free match highlights as Spurs were easily beaten 3-0 at Brentford in their Premier League season opener; Spurs failed to have a first-half shot on target; Keane Lewis-Potter and Vitaly Janelt scored first-half goals; Michael Kayode added a third as Igor Thiago missed a penalty

A woeful Tottenham started their new Premier League season dismally with a 3-0 loss at Brentford despite a big summer of spending.

After avoiding relegation on the final day last season, Spurs have splashed out £237m on six signings so far this summer - but any hope of immediate change has quickly been extinguished with a shocking display in west London.

First-half goals from Keane Lewis-Potter and Vitaly Janelt, followed by Michael Kayode's finish just four minutes into the second half, gave the Bees a deserved victory as Sky Sports' Jamie Redknapp praised their "total football".

Spurs gave competitive debuts to five new signings, but it was Brentford's club-record signing Mamadou Sangare who stole the show as he set up the first goal and ran the game in midfield.

Roberto De Zerbi's side's miserable season opener at the Gtech Community Stadium could have been worse, only for Igor Thiago to miss a 55th-minute penalty.

Tottenham failed to have a shot on target in the first half and registered a full-time expected goals of just 0.47 compared to Brentford's 3.96, heightening the need for the potential forward arrivals of Savinho and Omar Marmoush from Manchester City.

But those two alone will not be able to fix Spurs, who put in a dreadful performance which showed why they have finished 17th in back-to-back seasons.

In fact, this was Spurs' joint-heaviest opening-day defeat of a Premier League season, leading Redknapp to label De Zerbi's new-look side as "a team of strangers".

Brentford, meanwhile, will be buoyed by their resounding win as they look to qualify for Europe this season after missing out on Conference League qualification on goal difference last campaign.

12: BRENTFORD GOAL! The home side take a deserved lead as Lewis-Potter finishes off a nice assist from club-record signing Sangare.

17: OFF THE BAR BUT OFFSIDE! Thiago nods against the crossbar, but Collins was offside in the build-up as the home side continue to dominate.

33: BRENTFORD GOAL! Richarlison and Bergvall both lose the ball, allowing Jensen to strike at goal, with his effort poorly parried out by Kinsky for Janelt to rebound home.

HALF TIME! Spurs fail to have a shot on target in a dreadful first half as Fernandes and Bentancur come on for Gallagher and Bergvall.