Tottenham Hotspur’s unbeaten begin to pre-season got here to an finish as objectives from Gabriel Vidovic and Leon Goretzka secured a 2-1 for Bayern Munich in Seoul.
Pedro Porro pulled a purpose again for Spurs with simply over 20 minutes remaining, however they have been unable to discover a well past Vincent Kompany’s aspect.
It took 4 minutes for Bayern to open the scoring as Guglielmo Vicario’s poor go to Djed Spence was picked off by Serge Gnabry, with Vidovic ending from shut vary.
In a half that noticed the Bundesliga aspect have 12 photographs in comparison with Spurs’ two, they have been unable to extend their benefit till after the half-time interval.
Mathys Tel picked out Goretzka inside the realm, with the German seeing his first effort saved by Vicario, however was in a position to observe up the rebound to double their lead.
Spurs would enhance within the second half, with Porro’s strike from distance evading the grasp of Manuel Neuer within the 66th minute providing hope of a comeback.
Nevertheless, Bayern would management the latter levels of proceedings, in a position to see out the win as Ange Postecoglou’s aspect suffered their first defeat of pre-season.
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Knowledge Debrief: Spurs
Spurs’ second half efficiency might be a optimistic for Postecoglou to take from the encounter, bettering their anticipated objectives (xG) complete from 0.11 to 1.22 after the break.
However in fact, Bayern dominated from begin to end, registering 22 photographs, 20 of which got here inside the realm, with 11 of these on course.
Tel was a selected vivid spark for Kompany’s aspect, having probably the most touches within the opposition field (9) and the equal most passes within the remaining third (13).
