Two first-half goals saw Tottenham Hotspur beat Brentford 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday.
In Thomas Frank's first game managing against the Bees, Xavi Simons put the ball on a plate for Richarlison for the opener, before the midfielder netted his first goal in a Spurs shirt from outside the area shortly after.
Nathan Collins, Jordan Henderson, Mikkel Damsgaard and Igor Thiago returned to the starting XI, with Ethan Pinnock, Rico Henry, Vitaly Janelt and Mathias Jensen dropping to the bench.
Tottenham asserted their dominance inside the opening 15 minutes: Micky van de Ven had a header go over the bar, Richarlison had a half-volley blocked by his own team-mate inside the area, and Xavi shot over the bar from distance in a positive start for the north Londoners.
The Bees' first chance came from some great play by Collins. The centre-back robbed Richarlison of the ball and drove into the final third, before playing a ball into space for Thiago. The centre-forward fired a shot at goal from a relatively tight angle, which Guglielmo Vicario palmed away for a corner.
On 25 minutes, the hosts took the lead. A ball was played over the top towards Xavi in a wide area, and the attacking midfielder squared to Richarlison, who had the simple task of tapping in from close range at the far post.
Caoimhín Kelleher made a great save to prevent another Spurs goal. A Pedro Porro corner was headed back across goal by Cristian Romero and, just inside the six-yard box, Randal Kolo Muani's header was clawed away by the Bees keeper and cleared.
Xavi did make it 2-0 for the hosts on 43 minutes. The Dutchman did really well to win the ball back on the halfway line, before driving into the penalty area and firing a low effort into the bottom corner.
The Tottenham supporters were left wondering how they weren't 3-0 up five minutes after half-time. Collins lost possession of the ball inside the penalty area, and Djed Spence looked destined to score. He was one-on-one with Kelleher, but the Republic of Ireland international made another good stop to keep the west Londoners ahead.
Mohammed Kudus picked up a loose ball in midfield and tried his luck from the edge of the box shortly after but Kelleher, once again, got down well and held his effort.
After some Tottenham pressure, Kelleher gave the ball away and Richarlison was the recipient, with the goalkeeper out of his goal. The Spurs striker gave it to Xavi, who was in a more central position, but Kelleher did enough to get back into position and stop his shot.
Thiago had two separate opportunities later in the second half, when he received the ball inside the box, but a couple of brilliant tackles from Van de Ven and Romero thwarted the striker.
Frank's side thought they had another with 12 minutes to play, when the ball dropped to Kudus and, from the tightest of angles, he somehow squeezed the ball into the back of the net, but Xavi was offside in the build-up.
Another brilliant Kelleher save kept the score down when Wilson Odobert found himself unmarked inside the area and, after having some time to pick his spot, the keeper came out and smothered the ball to keep it at 2-0.
Thiago had one more effort with the clock ticking into stoppage-time, as he picked up the ball after a series of headers inside the area, but he lashed his shot into the side netting.
Brentford (4-3-3): Kelleher; Kayode (Hickey 76), Collins, van den Berg, Ajer (Henry HT); Henderson, Yarmoliuk (Janelt 76), Damsgaard (Jensen 61); Ouattara (Lewis-Potter 88), Thiago, Schade
Unused subs: Valdimarsson, Pinnock, Onyeka, Donovan
Tottenham (4-2-3-1): Vicario; Porro, Van de Ven, Romero (Danso 80), Spence; Bentancur (Palhinha 65), Gray; Kudus (Sarr 80), Xavi, Kolo Muani (Odobert 74); Richarlison
Unused subs: Kinsky, Tel, Bergvall, Johnson, Davies
Attendance: 60,759
Andrews 'disappointed' by Tottenham defeat
Brentford head coach Keith Andrews admits that his side "didn't hit the levels" in the 2-0 loss to Tottenham.
"I'm disappointed, clearly. It's a game we came into feeling we could absolutely compete and get a result from - the players' confidence levels were pretty high," said Andrews.
"The reality is that we didn't perform in the first half, and we have to own that. We'll search for the reasons as to why that was.
"The league is so demanding - the individuals that you come up against, what you do with and without the ball, etc. - you have to be at a certain level to compete in this league and we weren't quite there.
"Our lads have been immense all season, our performance levels have been consistent as we look to grow this team and take a new step. Today, we didn't hit the levels that we've become consistent with."
Damsgaard: We needed to play with more intensity and energy
On his 100th Premier League appearance, Brentford midfielder Mikkel Damsgaard reflected on the defeat to Spurs.
"It was very disappointing," he said. "We made a lot of bad mistakes; I thought we could have played a lot better.
"There's a lot to think about."
He added: "We needed to be a lot better, we need to play with a lot more intensity and energy.
"It felt like they wanted it more than us. That's disappointing because normally we are a team that is good at fighting but, today, we didn't."