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Prior to today Brentford had accumulated two-thirds of their points from home fixtures whereas Spurs had gained a similar ratio from their away matches. So in theory both sides should have been at their best today. Neither team rose to the occasion and it turned out to be a scoreless dull game......

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How fitting that Thomas Frank will discover on New Year's Day whether his Spurs side is genuinely on the climb when he returns to the Brentford ground where his managerial reputation first took shape.

Victory against the Bees - following that stuttering but valuable win at Crystal Palace - would allow Tottenham to stride into 2026 with renewed confidence rather than the lingering uncertainty that has hovered over recent weeks. Two steps forward and one step back does not inspire the belief that this Spurs squad can add to last season's long-awaited trophy triumph.........

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Many thanks to Declan Mulcahy for this match report:-

Both sides were missing key players. Palace had more opportunities. Spurs took the lead late in the first half through Archie Gray and showed some tenacity and purpose in gaining a 1-0 win at Selhurst Park today.

Spurs made two enforced changes from the team which lost to Liverpool last weekend. Romero and Simons were both suspended as a result of having received red cards and Danso and Richarlison replaced them. Pape Sarr is at AFCON and Udogie, Kulusevski, Maddison and Solanke remain out injured. Kota Takai was among the substitutes for the first time having recovered from the foot injury which has kept him out since joining the club in close-season...........

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You've heard of crazy golf. Well, this was crazy football, as played by Spurs. In moments they could be inspirational, indefatigable, and intuitive. Too often they were irresponsible, immature, or incompetent.

Regarding irresponsibility, the main offender was our captain Cristian Romero. Instead of leading and inspiring his team in a mature way, it was he, who played out an errant ball which led to Liverpool's first goal. It was he who got himself booked for dissent after Ekitike's goal, overdoing the protest over a push in the back. Finally, having won a free kick when fouled by Konate, Romero over-reacted and kicked out towards Konate's stomach and earned himself a second yellow card and his fourth red card in Spurs colours.........

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Just when we thought that Spurs were finding their form and that perhaps Thomas Frank had found something like his strongest (available) team, they gifted Forest their first two goals and gave their fans arguably their worse performance of the season. There are several candidates for this unwanted accolade.

Spurs, in the spirit of Christmas, had gifted their travelling fans a scarf, and most present duly waved those vigorously when the teams came out. We didn't have many opportunities to cheer once the game started........

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Spurs legend Heung-min Son was in town to say a proper farewell to the fans before kick-off. Earlier he had inspected his newly inaugurated wall mural on the High Road just to the north of the stadium, and I can confirm it looks swell!

I wouldn't call it a particularly comfortable win because Slavia Praha came to try and get something out of the game, forcing Vicario to make a number of saves, none of which were as sensational as that of his counterpart Jindrich Stanek just 39 seconds into the game!

Spurs were thankful for a first half own goal and two second half penalties to give them a win, which in the context of this league phase of the Champions League was vital to our hopes of progress to the knock-out phase.....

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