BRENTFORD star Keane Lewis-Potter has revealed his ‘crying’ celebration against Tottenham was a dig at his Spurs-supporting pal in the stands.
The left-back, 25, opened the scoring for the Bees in their thumping 3-0 win over Tottenham on Saturday.
Brentford star Keane Lewis-Potter made a crying gesture after their 3-0 win over Tottenham Credit: Sky Sports
He revealed he was teasing a Spurs-supporting friend in the stands Credit: Sky Sports
Vitaly Janelt netted a second midway through the second half before Michael Kayode bundled home just after the break.
Brentford could have had a fourth when Rodrigo Bentancur brought down Kevin Schade but Igor Thiago hit the post from the spot.
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Lewis-Potter was one of the standouts for Brentford and seemed to enjoy his celebrations to put the team ahead on 12 minutes.
The former Hull City man ran towards the corner flag at the Gtech Community Standing and started blowing kisses.
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And after the game, he walked towards the stands and made a crying gesture
Some rival fans thought he was teasing the travelling Tottenham fans.
But Lewis-Potter cleared it up during his interview with Sky Sports and said he was trolling a friend who was a Tottenham fan watching in the crowd.
The win continues Brentford superb run under boss Keith Andrews after finishing an impressive ninth last season.
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The left-back opened the scoring for the Bees in their rout over the North London outfit Credit: Getty
But for Spurs, it is a disastrous start to the season despite spending nearly £300million on transfers this summer.
The team were hoping to turn a new page under boss Roberto De Zerbi after they scraped survival on the last day, but now have more problems to deal with.
Tottenham had a difficult pre-season with many players arriving late after the World Cup and De Zerbi admitted weren’t in the right physical condition.
He said: “I am surprised and suffering from this defeat. They deserved to win and we played very bad.
“I am sorry for this defeat. I know we have to improve in our physical condition, in the organisation.
“There were many new players but it was the first game. It’s part of our journey.
“With a lot of new players, we knew we needed soul and style of play to become a team. Today I think there was the soul but we didn’t fight in the right way.
“We made a lot of mistakes in the timing of the pressure with Mikey Moore.
“We arrived too many times late and we lost too many duels to compete with Brentford.”
