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 had been unable to discover a well beyond Vincent Kompany’s facet.
It took 4 minutes for Bayern to open the scoring as Guglielmo Vicario’s poor cross to Djed Spence was picked off by Serge Gnabry, with Vidovic ending from shut vary.
In a half that noticed the Bundesliga facet have 12 pictures in comparison with Spurs’ two, they had been unable to extend their benefit till after the half-time interval.
Mathys Tel picked out Goretzka inside the world, 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 facet suffered their first defeat of pre-season.
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Spurs’ second half efficiency can be a optimistic for Postecoglou to take from the encounter, bettering their anticipated objectives (xG) whole from 0.11 to 1.22 after the break.
However in reality, Bayern dominated from begin to end, registering 22 pictures, 20 of which got here inside the world, with 11 of these heading in the right direction.
Tel was a specific vivid spark for Kompany’s facet, having probably the most touches within the opposition field (9) and the equal most passes within the remaining third (13).
