Tottenham's behind-closed-doors friendly vs Watford - Which players played and what was the score

Tottenham's on-loan attacker Randal Kolo Muani in action against Watford in Friday's training ground friendly at Hotspur Way (Image: Tottenham Hotspur)

Tottenham Hotspur welcomed Watford in a behind-closed-doors friendly at Hotspur Way on Friday which gave a trio of first team players some much-needed minutes.

Spurs took the opportunity to hand a few of Thomas Frank's squad a run-out against the Championship visitors, who now have a new but familiar face in charge in the shape of Javi Gracia after Paulo Pezzolano was sacked with the Hornets in 11th spot in the table.

Watford brought a strong side to Tottenham's Enfield training ground and duly ran out 2-1 winners on the day, but this was more about getting some game time into the legs of players, including summer arrival Randal Kolo Muani . The France international arrived on deadline day in a loan move from PSG and has thus far only made a brief 13-minute substitute appearance from the bench in the Champions League win against Villarreal.

That's because in a training session in the days after, the 26-year-old was involved in a collision with midfielder Pape Matar Sarr , which left him with a dead leg that did not heal quickly and kept him out for the next month.

Now Kolo Muani is back in training though and played 45 minutes in the behind-closed-doors friendly as he stepped up his recovery from the injury. The Frenchman had already been working on his fitness before the injury as he had not played a minute of competitive football since early July at the Club World Cup for Juventus before that Spurs debut and had not been involved in pre-season work with PSG.

The other two first team squad members involved in the friendly against Watford were striker Dane Scarlett , who has been playing for the U21s in recent games, as well as goalkeeper Brandon Austin .

With most of Tottenham's players on international duty, it proved a helpful opportunity to get some fitness into various legs and it could mean with another week of work Kolo Muani might be available to take a spot on Frank's bench for the game against Aston Villa next Sunday at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.