Bentley: Fine display
David Bentley marked his home debut for Tottenham Hotspur with a brace in a 5-0 thrashing of Roma.
Striker Darren Bent continued his impressive pre-season form with another double and Aaron Lennon chipped in with a goal as Roma finished the game with 10 men.
Spurs enjoyed the perfect start to the contest when Bentley whipped in a free-kick which eluded everyone and crept in at the far post after just three minutes.
The lead was doubled two minutes later when Bent latched on to a poor pass from Philippe Mexes to finish clinically.
Roma striker Mirko Vucinic headed tamely at Spurs keeper Heurelho Gomes before Juande Ramos’ side added a third goal in first-half injury-time.
Marco Cassetti was sloppy in possession, allowing Bentley to smash home a low drive from 25 yards.
Lennon was a half-time substitute and made an immediate impact by scoring the fourth following excellent work from Giovani Dos Santos.
Tottenham completed the scoring on 54 minutes when Bent finished from close range at the far post after Jonathan Woodgate had glanced on Bentley’s corner.
The Serie A side saw midfielder Alberto Aquilani sent off late on after picking up two yellow cards in quick succession.
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