It doesn’t get much tougher than away matches at Liverpool, Manchester City and Tottenham to start the season.
That is the hand Brentford were dealt and that they end that run without taking a point will not surprise many.
But after the match at Tottenham on Saturday, there will be a sense that they played a significant part in their own downfall.
Having taken the lead, Brentford were quickly put under huge pressure by Spurs.
It took only seven minutes for the equaliser to arrive but the frustration will be that they gifted it to their opponents with a loose pass when they had possession on the edge of their own penalty area.
Spurs were set up to jump on any errors but there was little pressure on Ethan Pinnock when he played the pass.
To make matters worse, they repeated the mistake for the second goal, albeit the stray pass came that much further from goal.
But again it left Thomas Frank’s team exposed and Spurs punished them.
There may be no shame in defeat at Tottenham but there will certainly be irritation from Brentford at how much of a helping hand they gave Ange Postecoglou’s side.
