The ideal test
There was to be no third successive friendly win but Antonio Conte and his Tottenham team can take plenty of positives from Wednesday evening's 1-1 draw against Nice. After beating Motherwell and Peterborough United Under-21s in behind-closed-door games at Hotspur Way, Spurs were on track for another victory after Matt Doherty had continued his impressive scoring streak in front of goal with a powerful strike that flew past Kasper Schmeichel..
Creating a number of openings but not managing to give themselves a crucial two-goal cushion, the visitors restored parity one minute after the restart as Antoine Mendy equalised from close range after the ball had fallen kindly to him in the box.