Dominic Solanke opened his account for Tottenham to earn a much-needed 3-1 home win over Brentford. After Ange Postecoglou’s team had narrowly avoided an early Carabao Cup exit at Coventry on Wednesday, they conceded after 22 seconds to Brentford through Bryan Mbeumo.

Every striker is keen to get their first goal of the season as soon as possible. But that desire is that much greater when you have made a big-money move to a new club. So for Dominic Solanke, there was no doubt a significant amount of relief,