Spurs welcomed back Micky van de Ven for their midweek game in a huge boost for Postecoglou. Richarlison and Pape Sarr also started after recent knocks, while Cristian Romero is back in Tottenham training but is unlikely to be risked.

A depleted Tottenham side travel across the capital this Sunday to face Brentford at the Gtech Community Stadium.The Lilywhites dropped to 16th on Saturday after Everton’s resounding 4-0 triumph

Each club is invited to nominate a community captain, and we’ve chosen Charlie Rowley, captain of the Brentford Penguins, a football team for children and young people with Down’s syndrome led by former Bees player Allan Cockram.

Tottenham will be hoping to avoid a fifth straight defeat in the Premier League on Sunday as they travel across London to face Brentford. Hovering uncomfortably close to the relegation zone, the pressure on under-fire boss Ange Postecoglou was eased somewhat by a 3-0 win in the Europa League over Swedish team Elfsborg on Thursday.

It's been a campaign of misery, division, and hostility on the Lilywhite half of north London, yet nights like Thursday are capable of sucking you back into the Tottenham cause. An academy-inspired 3-0 victory over Elfsborg was exactly what Ange Postecoglou needed in the wake of another nadir.

F our wins in seven matches is not where Tottenham Hotspur wants (or expects?) to be, and when all four victories come in non-Premier League fixtures, assessing the club’s form