MK Dons 3-5 Spurs
Niko Kranjcar reminded everyone just what he is capable of as he was involved in four goals during our 5-3 friendly win over MK Dons at Stadium: MK last night.
The midfielder created three and scored a stunner to show Harry Redknapp that his Spurs career may yet have some legs.
It didn't take long for the Croat to get into his stride, releasing Roman Pavlyuchenko with a perfect pass after just eight minutes. The Russian striker beat the offside trap and fired into the top corner to open the scoring.
Kranjcar was at it again 20 minutes later, again creating for Pavlyuchenko, who latched onto another accurate pass and hammered the ball past David Martin in the MK Dons net.
MK Dons regrouped and hit the ground running after the break. Luke Chadwick pulled one back with a curler from 25 yards and Jabo Ibehre stunned Spurs when he prodded home the equaliser in the 72nd minute.
But Kranjcar regained the limelight in style. First his shot was parried by Martin allowing Spurs youngster Harry Kane to put us back in front before Niko unleashed a dipping 35-yard volley that flew past sub keeper Ian McLoughlin to make it 4-2.
Ibehre pulled one back for the Dons before Kane's second of the night guaranteed us the win in the 89th minute but it was Kranjcar who will take all the plaudits and certainly give Redknapp something to think about as the new campaign approaches.
Spurs team (4-4-2):David Button (Archer, 86); Nathan Byrne, Vedran Corluka (Tom Carroll, 82), Milos Veljkovic, Danny Rose; David Bentley, Jake Livermore (Massimo Luongo, 46), Niko Kranjcar, Andros Townsend; Roman Pavlyuchenko, Jermain Defoe (Harry Kane, 76). Subs: Ryan Mason, Jonathan Obika.
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