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Spurs took on Sunderland in the first match of the Premier League Asia Trophy. As only four teams take part, this was also the semi final. Despite Tottenham doing the double over The Black Cats in the previous season, Sigurdsson's goal wasn't enough to stave off the opposing attacks which followed it, with the match ending 3-1 to Sunderland. They will take on Manchester City in the final on Saturday, while Tottenham will take on South China to determine who came third place. Conditions: Wet Line ups:- Spurs - Gomes (Friedel 40); Walker, Caulker (Vertonghen 40 (Fryers 50)), Dawson, Rose; Huddlestone (Townsend 70), Lennon (Defoe 40), Parker; Dempsey (Carroll 70), Sigurdsson, Adebayor Substitutions not used: Lloris, Assou-Ekotto, Naughton Sunderland - Mannone, Gardner, Colback, O'Shea, Brown, Cabral, Larsson (Ba 60) Johnson (Moberg Karlsson 60), Giaccherini (McClean 77) Sessegnon, Altidore (Wickha 73) Substitutions not used: Pickford, Westwood, Vaughan, Mandron, Cuellar, Roberge. Goals:- Tottenham Hotspur - Sigurdsson - 27' Sunderland - Cabral 33' Sunderland - Brown - 64' Sunderland - Moberg Karlsson - 79'