Pre-Season 13/7/06 - Bordeaux 1 Spurs 2

Jermain Defoe got straight back on the goal trail as Kieran McKenna's late header toppled Bordeaux in Thursday's friendly in France.

The striker looks determined and as sharp as ever following his summer disappointment with England and struck a typical Defoe goal to open the scoring on a windy night in Albertville.

With 35 minutes on the clock, Danny Murphy fed the ball into the 23-year-old and he worked a yard of space on the edge of the box before rifling into the bottom corner.

McKenna, on as substitute, then grabbed his chance with both hands with just three minutes left - arriving with perfect timing to nod home Reto Ziegler's cross.

Summer arrivals Dimitar Berbatov and Benoit Assou-Ekotto both started as we kicked-off our pre-season campaign against the runners-up in Ligue 1 last season.

Berbatov partnered Defoe up front, Assou-Ekotto started at left-back with Edgar Davids captaining the side and lining-up alongside Danny Murphy in midfield.

Bordeaux are slightly further down their pre-season path and started well, Ducasse cracked the crossbar after nine minutes but Radek Cerny's goal wasn't threatened further.

We were starting to find our collective feet when Defoe opened the scoring and the livewire forward almost caught out Valverde with a cheeky lob from the half-way line that drifted just over.

Bordeaux levelled in the final seconds of the first half as Darcaeville combined with Marange and Micoud provided the finish from close range.

Berbatov went close from 20 yards at the start of the second half before the first substitutes as O'Hara and Ziegler replaced Defoe and Routledge, Martin Jol switching to a 3-5-1-1 system.

Davids forced another opening for Berbatov with 20 minutes left, well saved by Valverde, before the Bulgarian international and Phil Ifil were replaced by Lee Barnard and McKenna.

It didn't take long for tigerish midfielder and reserve regular McKenna to make his mark as he guided Ziegler's cross back across Valverde and into the far corner for the winner.

Line-ups:

Bordeaux (squad):

Valverde, Dos Santos Souza, Jurietti, Alonso, Darcaeville, Francia, Valencia, Micoud, Laute, Rame, Baysse, Faubert, Ducasse, Balde, Bregerie, Marange, Cid, Obertan, Tremoulinas.

Spurs:

Cerny, Ifil (McKenna, 79), Assou-Ekotto, Davids, Dawson, Gardner, Routledge (Ziegler, 60), Murphy (Lee, 87), Berbatov (Barnard, 79), Defoe (O'Hara, 60), Reid. Subs: Davenport, Fulop, Huddlestone.