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Tottenham's Run Of Conceding First Extended To Six EPL Games After Brentford's Vitaly Janelt Beats Fraser Forster On Keeper's League Debut

Watch Vitaly Janelt score against Tottenham for Brentford. This was the first Premier League goal in more than six weeks following a break for the World Cup.

Robert Summerscales

Tottenham's Run Of Conceding First Extended To Six EPL Games After Brentford's Vitaly Janelt Beats Fraser Forster On Keeper's League Debut
Tottenham's Run Of Conceding First Extended To Six EPL Games After Brentford's Vitaly Janelt Beats Fraser Forster On Keeper's League Debut /

The first Premier League goal in more than six weeks was scored by Vitaly Janelt on Boxing Day.

Janelt opened the scoring for Brentford in the 15th minute of their London derby against Tottenham, which was the first EPL game since the season took a break for the FIFA World Cup.

The goal came after Fraser Forster, making his league debut for Spurs, had been unable to hold onto a deflected shot from Bryan Mbeumo.

Forster was making a rare appearance for Spurs because manager Antonio Conte had opted to rest Hugo Lloris, who had played for France in the World Cup final just eight days earlier.

Tottenham have now conceded first in six consecutive Premier League games.

Vitaly Janelt pictured shooting past Fraser Forster to give Brentford a 1-0 lead against Tottenham on Boxing Day in 2022
Vitaly Janelt pictured shooting past Fraser Forster to give Brentford a 1-0 lead against Tottenham :: IMAGO/Sportimage/Paul Terry

Despite their poor start, Tottenham left Brentford with a point.

Ivan Toney doubled the home team's lead early in the second half but Harry Kane and Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg hit back for Spurs.

Kane almost completed the turnaround late on but he hit the Brentford crossbar with a headed effort.

READ MORE: Tottenham Fight Back To Draw With Brentford After Harry Kane Scores 10th Boxing Day Goal

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Robert Summerscales
ROBERT SUMMERSCALES

Robert Summerscales launched FanNation Futbol in February 2022. Rob is a British journalist who previously spent two years on the sports desk at the Daily Mail in London, having earlier served as editor of CaughtOffside.com. He has been to the last two FIFA Men's World Cups, in Russia and Qatar, and is looking forward to completing his hat-trick in North America in 2026.