Tottenham Hotspur showed there was more work to do on the pre-season training ground for Thomas Frank as a strong but incomplete Spurs side were second best against League One Luton in their goalless draw.
This was the latter of two friendlies played on Saturday – with another Spurs XI drawing 2-2 with Wycombe at the training ground in the morning.
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This Spurs side, which included new £55m summer signing Mohammed Kudus plus regulars Micky van de Ven, Brennan Johnson, Mathys Tel, Yves Bissouma and Guglielmo Vicario, struggled against the sharper and fitter Luton outfit, who begin their League One season on Friday.
Spurs only had two shots in the entire match – a forgettable Kudus effort that was blocked before Johnson’s close-range effort was well kept out by Josh Keeley, who moved to Luton from the Premier League club last week.
And Luton had the better chances as Vicario had to keep out Millenic Alli’s effort from a tight angle, with Shandon Baptiste heading a good chance over from the resulting corner.
Substitute goalkeeper Antonin Kinsky, who came on at half-time for the Italian, kept out two goalbound efforts from Alli and Nakhi Wells in the second period, as Spurs struggled to keep up with the play and fashion chances themselves.
With just over ten minutes to go, Frank took off his senior stars for a raft of youngsters, with substitute Will Lankshear putting a good effort wide as the clock ticked into 90. But Frank will not have learned much from these senior stars on the basis of this performance.
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