Spurs captain Archie Gray admits there are 'no excuses' for Brentford loss

[p]Versatile midfielder [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gray-archie/KKqePmhD/"]Gray[/a] became the youngest player to captain [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/tottenham/UDg08Ohm/"]Tottenham[/a] in a competitive game, aged just 20 years and 163 days.[/p][p]Unfortunately for him, Tottenham were unable to cap the occasion with a win, ultimately falling to a heavy 3-0 defeat to Keith Andrews’ impressive side.[/p][p]Tottenham have spent close to £300 million throughout the summer transfer window in a bid to avoid a third successive relegation battle.[/p][p]Speaking to [i][b]Sky Sports[/b][/i] after the game, a clearly disappointed Gray said: [b]"For some reason on days in football, a team can outfight another team, it's on us, and the fans have been incredible."[/b][/p][p]On fitness in the starting line-up: [b]"I don't think there's any excuses to be honest."[/b][/p][embed guid="72045d60-6926-4291-acfb-632f22a72af0" url="https://x.com/BBCMOTD/status/2091188230733566425" social-type="twitter" /][p]On hangover from last season:[b] "We've got work to do, you saw that performance. It's definitely an improvement from last season. It's not the start we wanted, going into the midweek game on Wednesday."[/b][/p][p]On looking ahead for the rest of the season: "The work we do in the week is about moving in the right direction but today we got out-fought."[/p][p]On becoming Tottenham's youngest-ever Premier League starting captain: [b]"It was an amazing moment and I'm grateful for the manager for trusting me but again, today wasn't good enough."[/b][/p]