Son scores twice as Spurs win Team K League friendly
Tottenham have won all four of their pre-season games so far
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Son Heung-min scored twice as Tottenham edged past a team of the best players from South Korea's top flight to secure a 4-3 friendly win.
Dejan Kulusevski opened the scoring after 29 minutes before South Korea and Spurs captain Son made his mark on his homecoming in Seoul.
He curled an effort into the top corner after 38 minutes and slotted home a Kulusevski assist to give his side a 3-0 lead by the break.
But Team K League pulled two back in the second half after replacing their entire team at the break with Stanislav Iljutcenko netting twice within five minutes of the restart.
That prompted Spurs boss Ange Postecoglou to make changes and substitute Will Lankshear volleyed home a Timo Werner cross to give them a two-goal cushion.
Oberdan responded for the hosts with nine minutes left to play but Spurs held on to seal victory, with James Maddison hitting the post in injury time.
They are back in pre-season action on Saturday, when they take on Bayern Munich at 12:00 BST in Seoul.
Elsewhere, Newcastle won 4-1 against Urawa Red Diamonds in Japan as they got through a tricky night against the 2022 Asian Champions League winners.
Alexander Isak scored his third goal in as many pre-season games to give the Magpies a third-minute lead, but the hosts levelled the scores in the 23rd minute when a Rio Nitta backheel bounced in off the post.
Newcastle regained the lead when Jacob Murphy made it 2-1 on the stroke of half-time, before curling home another two minutes after the restart. A deflected Lewis Hall effort from distance then added the fourth.
Newcastle's next pre-season game is against another Japanese side, Yokohama F. Marinos, at 13:00 BST on Saturday.
Southampton lost 2-0 to Championship newcomers Oxford at the Kassam Stadium.
Mark Harris and Ruben Rodrigues scored as the Saints, who visit Millwall on Saturday, lost for the first time in pre-season.