Tottenham and Newcastle shared the spoils in Seoul as their pre-season conflict completed 1-1, as Heung-Min Son acquired an emotional farewell after asserting his departure this week.
The recreation sparked into life virtually instantly, with Tottenham making the brighter begin.
Within the primary couple of minutes, the North London facet compelled Newcastle goalkeeper Nick Pope into two sharp stops – first to disclaim Pape Sarr’s close-range effort after which to push behind a follow-up, which led to a flurry of early corners.
Spurs have been rewarded for his or her quick tempo within the fourth minute. Kevin Danso stepped up from defence to intercept and slide a intelligent ball into Brennan Johnson, who took a contact earlier than driving a low shot from exterior the world into the bottom-left nook previous Pope.
The opener compelled Newcastle to develop into the sport. They started to manage possession, utilizing the midfield trio of Bruno Guimaraes, Lewis Miley and Joelinton to work the ball into harmful vast areas.
Anthony Gordon was a relentless menace, and on 17 minutes he noticed a right-footed effort blocked after Jacob Murphy’s pullback, earlier than Joelinton’s header went narrowly vast from a Guimaraes cross.
Pope’s heroics on the different finish stored the deficit to 1 when he denied Mathys Tel’s low shot from shut vary, however Newcastle’s strain ultimately advised.
In the thirty eighth minute, Anthony Gordon exploited house on the left and rolled a superbly weighted move throughout the Spurs field for Harvey Barnes.
The winger opened up his physique and steered a right-footed strike into the close to nook, bringing Newcastle stage.
The interval prompted a flood of modifications from each managers, with Spurs introducing Micky van de Ven, Lucas Bergvall and Djed Spence.
The modifications initially disrupted Tottenham’s rhythm, and Newcastle got here out sharper, with Anthony Gordon losing a golden likelihood early within the second half, pulling his shot vast from the centre of the field.
The recreation turned more and more stop-start because the second half wore on, with a collection of fouls and accidents breaking apart the circulation.
Yves Bissouma and Richarlison have been launched simply after the hour mark, with Newcastle responding by bringing on Tino Livramento and William Osula.
Despite the interruptions, there have been possibilities: Bruno Guimaraes had a long-range strike sail over, whereas Bergvall examined Newcastle’s alternative goalkeeper Mark Gillespie with a low drive from exterior the field, which was pushed away.
As the match moved into the ultimate levels, the tempo slowed additional. James Maddison was stretchered off after trying to choose up a critical damage, and was changed by Yang Min-Hyeok, whereas Newcastle freshened issues up with late modifications, together with Travis Hernes.
Richarlison earned a yellow card for a slipshod foul as frustration crept into Spurs’ play, however the Magpies couldn’t discover a winner both.
