Tottenham’s 100 per cent report in pre-season got here to an finish at this time after they had been overwhelmed 2-1 by Bayern Munich in Seoul.
The presence of Spurs captain Son Heung-min meant the majority of the group within the South Korean capital had been rooting for Ange Postecoglou’s staff nevertheless it made little distinction because the Bundesliga facet 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 nevertheless it was not sufficient as Vincent Kompany’s males held on.
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— 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 purpose Bayern had been threatening did arrive after 56 minutes. Tel broke via the center of the Spurs defence and, though Vicario saved his preliminary effort, the midfielder made no mistake together 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 area and fired a rocket into the web.
A Pedro Porro particular!
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— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) August 3, 2024
Teen 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 huge on the far put up.