Reading 0-2 Tottenham: Perfect start for Thomas Frank era as Mohammed Kudus stars on debut
Thomas Frank’s Tottenham tenure got off to the perfect start as his new side opened pre-season with a 2-0 win over Reading.
Two teenagers were on target at the Select Car Leasing Stadium in Berkshire, with Will Lankshear and Luka Vuskovic both staking excellent claims for more minutes on their first-team audition.
Frank, who arrived in north London from Premier League rivals Brentford last month, oversaw his first Spurs game. He will have seen plenty that he will have like, and plenty that he will want to improve.
Spurs were in control in the first half, dealing with Reading’s physicality and dogged determination well in the grey and muggy conditions, but they could not muster a goal to rubberstamp their dominance in the opening exchanges.
Dominic Solanke went close with an improvised effort.
While Pape Matar Sarr was denied from สมัคร ufabet กับเรา รับโบนัสทันที point-blank range by former Manchester United goalkeeper Joel Pereira on the stroke of half-time.
Frank had hinted in his pre-match press conference that he would select two XIs for either half, and that is precisely what he did. Their fortunes would change almost instantaneously, with Lankshear powering home a Vuskovic flick-on from Kudus’ corner inside 49 minutes, and the Frank reign was up and running.