Roma beat Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 on Saturday but Ivan Perisic (ยฃ5.5m) impressed in defeat, while Nottingham Forest handed Jesse Lingard (ยฃ6.0m) his first appearance in a 1-1 draw against Valencia.
Weโve got the goals, assists, line-ups and Fantasy Premier League (FPL) talking points from these matches in our Scout Notes.
Reports on the dayโs other games are linked below, with more to follow.
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Weโre also keeping tabs on the minutes played in all of these warm-up fixtures, with Premium Members of Fantasy Football Scout able to access this information at the bottom of this article.
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 0-1 ROMA
Spurs concluded their pre-season preparations with a narrow friendly defeat against Jose Mourinho’s Roma on Saturday.
However, Antonio Conte will take positives from the loss, with new signing Ivan Perisic impressing in his first start for the club.
The Croatian went close to scoring on three occasions and was a real threat in the final-third, although Conte did stress that he still needs further time to become โ…the Ivan Perisic I knowโ.
โHe’s an important player because he’s really good. He moves forward, good in one v ones, and then he can use both feet and he was before a winger which us why he’s good in one v one. But he has to continue to work because at this moment he’s not the Ivan Perisic I know. That is normal though, but I’m happy because he reduced the time to recover from his injury.โ โ Antonio Conte on Ivan Perisic
Fellow wing-back Matt Doherty (ยฃ5.0m) didnโt feature against Rangers last time out but started here and had a header tipped onto the woodwork before he was flagged for offside.
He also took up some encouraging attacking positions, but like Perisic, still needs to build up his fitness having only recently returned from a knee injury.
Doherty lasted 67 minutes before he was replaced by Emerson Royal (ยฃ5.0m), with new-signing Djed Spence (ยฃ4.5m) an unused substitute.
โIt was the same (as Perisic) for Matthew (Doherty). I hope to see him like last season and now he’s working and he’s struggling. We need to have patience. We need to give time for these players to be really fit. In this moment we have two players, Perisic and Doherty, they have to continue to work and reach the peak of fitness because after a long injury they are struggling a lot. We need to have patience, but today it was positive to give them a lot of time to play again for Matthew and Ivan.
It will be very important for us (to get Perisic and Doherty fit), but then we have Sessegnon, that is a guarantee, also Emerson is good. There is the new player Spence. He is a guy who has to work a lot, because to go into Tottenham it’s different in the Premier League with Tottenham but in the end I’m happy.โ – Antonio Conte on his options at wing-back
In a game of few clear-cut chances, a Roger Ibanez header proved the difference for Roma, but Harry Kane (ยฃ11.5m) was perhaps a little unfortunate not to return.
The England forward had the ball in the net just before the break only for the goal to be ruled out for offside, missed a late headed chance, while he also should have been awarded a penalty in the second half.
Elsewhere, Richarlison (ยฃ8.5m) also made an impact after replacing Son Heung-min (ยฃ12.0m), while Ben Davies (ยฃ5.0m) was back on the bench after injury.
โRicharlison I liked a lot the way he impacted the game. We need this type of player. Richarlison to start the game or go into the game, he can have a big impact. For us itโs very important. We need him behind Sonny, also Kane and Kulusevski. He is an important player because we have a lot of games to play.โ โ Antonio Conte on Richarlison
Tottenham Hotspur XI (3-4-2-1): Lloris (Forster 67); Romero, Dier, Sanchez (Lenglet 46); Doherty (Royal 67), Bissouma (Bentancur 46), Hojbjerg, Perisic (Sessegnon 75); Kulusevski (Moura 67), Son (Richarlison 67); Kane
NOTTINGHAM FOREST 1-1 VALENCIA
- Goals: Johnson
- Assists: Awoniyi
Nottingham Forest rounded off their pre-season campaign with a 1-1 draw against Valencia, with Jesse Lingard impressing on his debut.
The summer signing โ deployed in a no. 10 role behind Brennan Johnson (ยฃ6.0m) and Sam Surridge (ยฃ5.0m) โ showed glimpses of what he has to offer, taking on several shots whilst also being central to much of Forestโs attacking play.
โThank you to the fans for a warm reception. I really, really appreciate it. Iโm going to do my best for Nottingham Forest, donโt worry about that โ 110% each game.โ โ Jesse Lingard
Brennan Johnsonโs goal on 83 minutes ensured it finished even at 1-1, with substitute and record signing Taiwo Awoniyi (ยฃ6.0m) grabbing the assist.
And the pair almost combined again a few minutes later, only for Valenciaโs โkeeper to deny the Welsh forward getting a second.
Elsewhere, Neco Williams (ยฃ4.0m) looked lively in the final-third, while Jack Colback (ยฃ4.5m) started in central midfield alongside Lewis OโBrien (ยฃ5.0m).
That’s because Ryan Yates (ยฃ5.0m) has suffered another injury and is set to be out for a couple of weeks.
Nottingham Forest XI (3-4-1-2): Henderson; Worrall, Cook, McKenna; Williams, Colback, OโBrien, Toffolo; Lingard (Cafu 77); Johnson, Surridge (Awoniyi 62)
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