Harry Kane effort enough as Tottenham edge Real Madrid in Audi Cup

Harry Kane’s first-half strike proved enough as Tottenham claimed a narrow 1-0 victory over Real Madrid in their pre-season Audi Cup meeting in Munich. Kane intercepted a wayward back-pass by Marcelo after 22 minutes and slotted what turned out to be the winner past Keylor Navas. Christian Eriksen and Danny Rose both started for Spurs despite recent transfer speculation, while Gareth Bale was left in Spain purportedly due to illness. 📸 The strike that sealed the win.#AudiCup ⚪️ #COYS pic.twitter.com/sludKscOSw — Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) July 30, 2019 Tottenham started well with Navas forced to make early saves to prevent an own goal from Raphael Varane and deny an effort from Erik Lamela. Kane’s goal marked yet another defensive blunder by Zinedine Zidane’s men, still smarting from their 7-3 humiliation by city rivals Atletico in New Jersey at the weekend. Dele Alli maintained Spurs’ dominance after being introduced at half-time, testing Navas twice, and Heung-min Son was also denied by the goalkeeper. Real striker Rodrygo saw a goal disallowed for offside before fellow teenager Troy Parrott almost grabbed Tottenham’s second in the dying moments but saw his low shot strike the post. Topics Real Madrid, Tottenham Hotspur, Premier League, Spanish La Liga, Harry Kane, Premier League, Spanish La Liga, Real Madrid, Tottenham Hotspur He has proven himself in the Premier League – Kroos talks up Kane I’d be told he’s worth €250m – Perez says Kane move a non-starter for Real Madrid Kane could star for Real Madrid or Barcelona – Shearer Kane has the quality to play for Real Madrid – Aguero Solskjaer homecoming win soured by surgery setback for Bailly Hibs winger Boyle needs more knee surgery Lennon salutes solid display as Celtic progress in Champions League qualifying Winger Ilkay Durmus joins St Mirren from Wacker Innsbruck Celtic beat Nomme Kalju to set up Champions League qualifying clash with Cluj Fantasy football team names: 49 excellent (and awful) ideas for yours this season 9 things we think will happen in the 2019/20 Premier League season Juventus prepared to offer £10m plus these two players for Manchester United striker Romelu Lukaku 5 centre-backs Arsenal could target to replace Laurent Koscielny Monday’s big transfer rumours: Juventus star keen to join Paul Pogba at Manchester United