Michael Owen disagreed with the call to punish Son Heung-min by awarding Brentford a penalty as Tottenham Hotspur drew Ange Postecoglou’s first Premier League game in charge.
In what was an action-packed and entertaining encounter, Tottenham opened the scoring through Cristian Romero, but they were then pegged by two quick-fire goals from the home side.
It included Son Heung-min being punished for his challenge on Bryan Mbeumo in the first half – the £22 million Spurs forward (FourFourTwo) has been named captain for the new Premier League season.
Upon replay via VAR, the penalty was awarded which levelled the scores, before Yoane Wissa’s strike was cancelled out by a brilliant effort from Emerson Royal – Glenn Hoddle shared his verdict.
Given that the shares were spoiled, that call against Son proved to be costly and some Spurs fans will be rightfully annoyed by it.
Former England striker Michael Owen was also critical and how he was ‘very, very surprised’ by it, as he told Premier League Productions (13/08/23 at 3:10 pm).
“We were told that it was only going to be howlers that they look at for VAR,” said Owen. “That’s not a howler. Some would say it’s a penalty and some would say no.
“I thought that would stay with the on-field decision, so I am very, very surprised that it went to VAR.”
Positive start for Tottenham
Given how difficult this past week has been for Spurs fans, in regard to Kane leaving, then this is a positive reaction.
Yes, it’s not the three points, but in truth, Postecoglou’s side created enough chances to hurt a Brentford team that finished in the top-half last season.
Now it’s just a case of getting those three points on the board because this post-Kane era for Spurs is going to be very, very interesting.
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