1 Newcastle (3 Aug, 2025) Game Analysis

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Tottenham Hotspur were held to a 1-1 draw with Newcastle United in the final game of their preseason tour of Asia that saw Son Heung-Min say his final goodbye to the club.

Brennan Johnson's deflected strike gave Spurs a fourth-minute lead but Harvey Barnes levelled before half-time.

Son was given a guard of honour before the game in his native South Korea at the Seoul World Cup Stadium, and he was in tears when he walked down the tunnel at the end of the match.

The match comes a day after he announced his intention to leave Tottenham this summer in what he described as the "hardest decision of his career."

The farewell was almost overshadowed by a knee injury to James Maddison that saw him stretchered off the field.

Spurs boss Thomas Frank confirmed the injury was to the same knee that caused Maddison to miss the end of last season. He described it as a "bad" injury and a "brutal moment."

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"Sometimes in life and football things can be both beautiful and brutal," Frank said.

"That's what we got today. It looks like with Madders a bad injury and then on the other side unbelievable scenes for Son from his team-mates and the respect from the Newcastle players.

"We're pretty sure it was the same knee he injured before."

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