Tottenham’s 100 per cent document in pre-season got here to an finish in the present day once they have been crushed 2-1 by Bayern Munich in Seoul.
The presence of Spurs captain Son Heung-min meant the majority of the gang within the South Korean capital have been rooting for Ange Postecoglou’s crew but it surely made little distinction because the Bundesliga aspect edged it in humid circumstances.
Gabriel Vidovic put Bayern forward after 4 minutes and Leon Goretzka doubled their benefit 11 minutes into the second half.
Pedro Porro pulled one again but it surely was not sufficient as Vincent Kompany’s males held on.
Defeat within the Seoul warmth. pic.twitter.com/QADmYlt2XX
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) August 3, 2024
Regardless of missing former Spurs captain Harry Kane and Germany internationals Leroy Sane and Jamal Musiala, Bayern began the higher and took an early lead when a mix-up between goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario and Djed Spence allowed Vidovic to attain after Serge Gnabry had been denied.
Vidovic almost had a second after 17 minutes however simply failed to attach with the rebound after Vicario had saved Mathys Tel’s effort.
Son was quiet in assault however he did come to Spurs’ rescue with some good defending to chop out a Tel cross that was meant for Vidovic, who was free within the center.
Tel and Gnabry each went shut as Bayern continued to dominate with Vicario additionally saving properly to disclaim Raphael Guerreiro.
A raft of half-time substitutions from each managers failed to change the complexion of the sport with the overworked Vicario doing properly to repel an effort from Bryan Zaragoza.
However the second objective Bayern had been threatening did arrive after 56 minutes. Tel broke by the guts of the Spurs defence and, though Vicario saved his preliminary effort, the midfielder made no mistake along with his second.
Bayern substitute Eric Dier nearly handed his former membership a route again into the sport on the hour mark – his error giving Pape Sarr the prospect to check Sven Ulreich.
And Spurs did pull one again six minutes later when Porro discovered house and fired a rocket into the web.
A Pedro Porro particular! 🔥 pic.twitter.com/7Biv2q8efu
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Teenager Lucas Bergvall nearly netted once more two minutes later as Spurs almost levelled.
Extra substitutions took the sting out of the sport, though Bayern ought to have added a late third when Adam Aznou shot broad on the far publish.