Under-fire Tottenham recover from early deficit to beat Brentford

Tottenham eased the pressure on manager Ange Postecoglou by beating Brentford 3-1 on Saturday.

Spurs had won just one of their opening four league games to continue a downward trend in form spilling over from the end of last season.

Postecoglou's men also had a narrow escape with two late goals to avoid a League Cup exit to second-tier Coventry in midweek and got off to a nightmare start against Brentford.

Bryan Mbeumo's thumping volley after just 22 seconds put the Bees in front.

But Spurs got the quick response they needed to stave off any revolt from the home fans.

Dominic Solanke opened his Tottenham account with a tap in after Mark Flekken parried James Maddison's effort.

Brennan Johnson then hit back at his critics with an accurate low finish.

Maddison secured the points five minutes from time with his first goal since March.