Tottenham and Newcastle shared the spoils in Seoul as their pre-season conflict completed 1-1, as Heung-Min Son received an emotional farewell after saying his departure this week.
The sport sparked into life nearly instantly, with Tottenham making the brighter begin.
Throughout the first jiffy, the North London aspect pressured 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 had 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 outdoors the realm into the bottom-left nook previous Pope.
The opener pressured 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 extensive areas.
Anthony Gordon was a continuing menace, and on 17 minutes he noticed a right-footed effort blocked after Jacob Murphy’s pullback, earlier than Joelinton’s header went narrowly extensive 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.
Within the thirty eighth minute, Anthony Gordon exploited area on the left and rolled a wonderfully 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 degree.
The interval prompted a flood of adjustments from each managers, with Spurs introducing Micky van de Ven, Lucas Bergvall and Djed Spence.
The adjustments initially disrupted Tottenham’s rhythm, and Newcastle got here out sharper, with Anthony Gordon losing a golden probability early within the second half, pulling his shot extensive from the centre of the field.
The sport 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 had been launched simply after the hour mark, with Newcastle responding by bringing on Tino Livramento and William Osula.
Regardless of the interruptions, there have been possibilities: Bruno Guimaraes had a long-range strike sail over, whereas Bergvall examined Newcastle’s substitute goalkeeper Mark Gillespie with a low drive from outdoors the field, which was pushed away.
Because the match moved into the ultimate levels, the tempo slowed additional. James Maddison was stretchered off after seeking to decide up a severe damage, and was changed by Yang Min-Hyeok, whereas Newcastle freshened issues up with late adjustments, 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.
