A giant in the Norwegian national team shirt. Not only does Kristoffer Ajer tower almost two meters above the turf and use his physique for all it’s worth, he has developed into a complete centre-back who stops attacking stars throughout the season. On Saturday, it was a Tottenham with Roberto de Zerbi and a bunch of new big signings in the squad who would test themselves against Ajer and Brentford in the Premier League opener. Here they met a defensive wall without cracks.
Already twelve minutes into the game, Tottenham supporters knew this was going to be a leaden Saturday at the Brentford Community Stadium.
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1-0 score to Brentford after great wall play and scoring by Keane Lewis-Potter, after 49 minutes Tottenham were behind 3-0!
Defensively, Ajer and his teammates in the back line completely neutralised the Tottenham attack, conceding them with just four shots on target. The Norwegian international stood the whole game, had steel control and a goal chance on a corner that the Spurs goalkeeper saved.
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