Tottenham 5-1 Lion City Sailors: Player ratings as Spurs survive scare in Singapore
Tottenham Hotspur battled back from a goal down to beat Singaporean side Lion City Sailors 5-1 in their second pre-season friendly under Ange Postecoglou.
Sunday's clash with Leicester City in Thailand was called off due to weather conditions, with their disrupted summer continuing in Singapore.
Jose Mourinho's Roma were meant to be Wednesday's adversaries, but the Giallorossi cancelled their pre-season tour and so Tottenham had to face off against local opposition instead.
Harry Kane spurned a great chance to give Spurs a third-minute lead. Destiny Udogie raced to the byline and pulled the ball back for James Maddison, who in turn picked out Kane, but his shot was dragged narrowly wide.
And Lion City Sailors took a shock lead after a quarter of an hour. A quick counter attack saw Maxime Lestienne find space to cross for Shawal Anuar, who ghosted in behind Pedro Porro and clumsily forced the ball over a hapless Guglielmo Vicario.
Tottenham continued to dominate the ball and were beginning to carve open Lion City Sailors. Firstly, Son Heung-min managed to sprint away but his cross for Kane was overhit, before a Maddison ball through the box was turned behind for a corner.
Son thought he had headed Spurs level when he raced in behind to meet a clever quick free-kick from Kane, but the flag was raised for offside.
Maddison was then denied by a superb stop from goalkeeper Zharfan Rohaizad after receiving a clever pass from Dejan Kulusevski through the lines as Tottenham's first-half frustrations continued.
Rohaizad was left helpless when Pape Sarr unleashed a fierce improvised half-volley, but fortunately for the goalkeeper it clipped the top of the bar. Son then had a similar effort land on top of the net.
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