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Tottenham player ratings vs Brentford: Six 2/10s and one 1/10 in disastrous defeat Express Sport hand out player ratings on the back of Tottenham's opening day clash with Brentford. Roberto De Zerbi's Tottenham were sent crashing straight back down to earth on the opening weekend of the Premier League season following a summer of optimism. Spurs have spent big during the summer transfer window, but they were put to the sword by a Brentford side who ran all over them. It didn't take long for the Bees to sting Tottenham, with Keane Lewis-Potter netting a splendid opener after just 12 minutes. One became two before the break; this time it was Vitaly Janelt who rifled into the back of the net to give Brentford breathing space. In need of a second-half reaction, De Zerbi's men continued to struggle and quickly found themselves three goals down. Michael Kayode roofed the ball into the net after Antonin Kinsky parried it into his path. The north Londoners were spared further embarrassment when Igor Thiago missed from the spot, but by that point the damage was already done. Express Sport hands out player ratings from Tottenham's defeat to Brentford. Antonin Kinsky - 1 Made some crucial saves towards the backend of last season, but it was a return to the Atletico Madrid nightmare with some of his efforts today. Constantly pushed saves back in the direction of Brentford attackers and was punished on more than one occasion. Archie Gray - 4 Lumbered with the unfortunate task of having to captain this bunch. His influence was limited at right-back, but at least he was trying. Jan Paul van Hecke - 2 He has played Premier League football before, right? Looked lost at the back and is a ginormous downgrade on Cristian Romero. Marcos Senesi - 3 If the Argentine wasn't a free transfer, Spurs would be asking for their money back after that debut. A truly dismal showing at the heart of defence. At least things can only get better. Andy Robertson - 4 The bar is firmly cemented on the floor, but the ex-Liverpool ace was the best of a very bad bunch. Sandro Tonali - 2 Spurs went into the summer needing a midfielder capable of ticking things over and keeping it tidy. Instead, they splurged the best part of £100m on Crash Bandicoot, who seemingly has an inability to do anything at less than 100 miles per hour. Conor Gallagher - 2 In the space of two years, he's swapped one circus at Stamford Bridge for another across the English capital. He might not have been playing at Atletico Madrid, but it's got to be better than whatever sorry excuse has been going on at Tottenham. Lucas Bergvall - 2 After all the noise of him wanting out this summer, it wasn't the sort of performance the Swede needed to stick himself in the shop window. Richarlison - 2 He doesn't score, he doesn't create, he doesn't press, he doesn't dictate the tempo, he doesn't pose any threat whatsoever. So the question is, what does he do? Mikey Moore - 3 If the task was to get the ball into promising positions, the youngster would score a 10. But three golden chances came and every time his finishing was sub-par at best. Mathys Tel - 2 The final part of Spurs' abject front three. The Brentford defenders would've had a tougher test defending against their U11s team. Substitutes: Rodrigo Bentancur - 3 Came on to sure things up in midfield and gave away a penalty 10 minutes later. Think the word to describe that is 'Spursy'. Mateus Fernandes - 3 Had to be asking himself why he was starting on the bench when it looked like there was a tailor-made role in the Spurs starting XI carved out for him. James Maddison - 4 Nice to see him back on the pitch. Nothing else to add. Dominic Solanke - 4 Looks a shadow of the player that was banging them in at Bournemouth. Destiny Udogie - 4 Came on late and was fine.