Cristian Romero, Bryan Mbeumo, Yoane Wissa And Emerson Royal All Score In 1st Half As Brentford And Spurs Start EPL Season With London Derby Goal Fest

It took the VAR nearly two minutes to confirm that Romero had been onside.

After celebrating the award of his second EPL goal, Romero was immediately substituted off amid fears he may have suffered a concussion moments before the ball hit the net.

A crucial VAR check then went in Brentford's favor as it found Spurs skipper Son Heung-min guilty of a foul on Mathias Jensen.

With Ivan Toney now serving an eight-month ban for breaching FA betting rules, penalty responsibilities fell to Mbeumo, who converted confidently from 12 yards.

Brentford then took the lead in the 36th minute when a fine run by Rico Henry set up Wissa, whose shot would have been saved by Guglielmo Vicario had it not been for Micky van de Ven's attempted block, which deflected the ball beyond his own keeper.

The start of the game had been delayed due to sanitation issues at the Gtech Community Stadium, involving a lack of flowing water.

There was another delay at the end of the first half after 11 minutes of added time were signaled.

Four minutes into that 11, Spurs drew level at 2-2 courtesy of a 20-yard strike from Emerson Royal, who was playing as an inverted wing-back.

More to follow.