With four good wins on the spin for Antonio Conte’s Tottenham Hotspur side, our chase for a Champions League top four spot improved dramatically and fans were quite optimistic when it came to our 2021/22 Premier League finish.
That was until we utterly regressed in the Brighton and Hove Albion defeat last Saturday, and with Graham Potter’s side better dominating the game, it has again raised long standing concerns.
Although Spurs still occupy fourth place, Brighton was a huge opportunity to really establish our credentials and develop a small buffer zone ahead of those teams below us, and after what we saw in the last game, this weekend’s clash against Brentford is going to be anything but a walk in Griffin Park.
Brentford have surprised plenty this year and they are safe from relegation, sat comfortably in 11th place, so we simply have to be better than we were against the Seagulls.
We can expect Matt Doherty to sit this one out again, and other than Japhet Tanganga and Oliver Skipp, there are no fresh concerns at this stage – so it’ll be interesting to see what Conte does for this one.