Published By: Ritayan Basu
Last Updated: July 26, 2023, 20:50 IST
Tottenham Hotspur’s Richarlison (Twitter)
Richarlison scored a second-half hat-trick as Tottenham Hotspur defeated Lion City Sailors 5-1 in a pre-season pleasant.
Brazilian striker Richarlison scored three second-half objectives as Tottenham Hotspur got here from behind to beat native facet Lion City Sailors 5-1 in a pre-season pleasant at Singapore’s National Stadium on Wednesday.
The Sailors took a shock lead by Shawal Anuar after 14 minutes however the Premier League facet acquired again on stage phrases by a Harry Kane penalty with the ultimate kick of the primary half.
Richarlison got here on at half-time and scored twice within the first eight minutes of the second half earlier than finishing his hat-trick in stoppage time after Giovani Lo Celso had netted Spurs’ fourth purpose.
Tottenham had been taking part in simply the second pre-season sport of their Asia-Pacific tour following the cancellation of a match towards Leicester City in Bangkok on Sunday and supervisor Ange Postecoglou opted for a powerful beginning line-up which dominated the opening half.
But towards the run of play, the Sailors took the lead when a cross from the appropriate by Maxime Lestienne was bundled in by Shawal on the far submit.
Spurs turned up the strain with James Maddison going shut with a long-range effort which pressured a advantageous diving save from Sailors goalkeeper Zharfan Rohaizad.
Son Heung-min headed dwelling after 26 minutes however his effort was dominated out for offside whereas Pape Matar Sarr skimmed the crossbar with a volley.
However, Tottenham’s strain lastly informed in first-half stoppage time when Sarr was introduced down within the Sailors field and Kane stepped as much as ship Zharfan the mistaken method from the penalty spot to stage issues up.
Postecoglou made 11 adjustments at half-time and his new line-up took the lead simply three minutes after the restart.
Lo Celso’s effort deflected off a defender and the ball fell properly for Richarlison to show the ball into the web.
The Brazilian was once more on the right track 5 minutes later when he pounced on a weak back-header to nod in his second of the sport.
While the Tottenham striker was twice denied a hat-trick purpose by the offside flag, his facet managed so as to add a fourth purpose within the 73rd minute when Lo Celso drove dwelling a unfastened ball within the six-yard field.
And Richarlison’s persistence was lastly rewarded in stoppage time when he burst by the centre of the Sailors defence and flicked in his third purpose of the sport to make it 5-1.
(This story has not been edited by News18 workers and is printed from a syndicated news company feed – AFP)
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