Tottenham Spurs held by Brentford 2-2

Tottenham’s Emerson Royal celebrates after scoring against Brentford yesterday. Pic/AP; PTI

Tottenham began life without Harry Kane with an entertaining 2-2 draw at Brentford on Sunday to start Ange Postecoglou's reign in charge.

Cristian Romero headed Spurs in front early on, but the Bees bounced back to lead through Bryan Mbeumo's penalty and Yoane Wissa. Emerson Royal's strike levelled the scores again before half-time and both sides had to settle for a point to begin the Premier League season.

Kane's departure to Bayern Munich on Saturday had overshadowed the build-up to Postecoglou's first competitive game as Spurs manager.

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For the second time in two days the start to a Premier League game was delayed. After Arsenal's problems with an e-ticketing system ahead of their game against Nottingham Forest on Saturday, this time the delay was caused by no running water at the GTech Community Stadium.

Spurs settled the better despite a disruptive weekend dominated by Kane's emotional farewell. In his absence and with Hugo Lloris' future also seemingly elsewhere, Postecoglou named Son Heung-min as Tottenham's new captain on Saturday with James Maddison and Romero his deputies.

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