December 26, (THEWILL) – In the first English Premier League match after the World Cup on Monday, Tottenham Hotspur had to rally from a 2-0 deficit to draw with Brentford thanks to goals from Harry Kane and Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg in a span of six second-half minutes.
Spurs, whose lineup featured numerous players who competed in Qatar 2022, played poorly in the first hour of the match in west London and fell behind as a result of goals from Vitaly Janelt and Ivan Toney.
With 25 minutes left, Kane, who was playing competitively for the first time following his crucial penalty miss in England’s quarter-final loss to France, pulled one back for Antonio Conte’s team.
After that, Hojbjerg calmly tucked in his fourth league goal of the season to give the visitors a share of the victory and a point to take home.
With action fully underway again in the post-Qatar 2022 half of the season, Tottenham will hope for better results at home against Aston Villa on Sunday while Brentford travel to West Ham United for their next game.
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