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ADEBAYOR ON THE SPOT FOR ARSENAL
Adebayor scores from the penalty spot.
Emmanuel Adebayor got himself back in the good books of Arsenal fans with the winner in the 1-0 victory over Real Madrid in the Emirates Cup.
The Togo international, who was booed by some sections of the Arsenal crowd on Saturday against Juventus, turned the jeers to cheers with the winner from the penalty spot against the Spanish champions.
Arsenal's victory saw them finish third in the final Emirates Cup table, with Hamburg - now managed by former Tottenham boss Martin Jol - securing the trophy after they beat Juventus 3-0 in the day's other match.
Kaka might want to reconsider his loyalty to AC Milan after the Italians were thrashed 5-0 by his summer suitors Chelsea in Moscow.
Four goals from a razor-sharp Nicolas Anelka were more than enough to settle the third-place play-off in the Railways Cup pre-season tournament after Frank Lampard opened the scoring.
Milan's Brazilian star did not feature as his team put in a miserable display, typified by some comically inept goalkeeping by Zeljko Kalac.
Tottenham won the Feyenoord Jubilee Tournament with a comfortable 3-0 victory over Borussia Dortmund.
The Premier League side made light work of brushing aside their Bundesliga opponents in Rotterdam as Darren Bent, Giovanni dos Santos and Jamie O'Hara were on target.
Also in the same tournament Celtic ended on a winning note with 3-1 victory over Feyenoord.
Having lost 2-0 to Tottenham in their first match, Gordon Strachan's side were eager to get back to winning ways.
Captain for the day Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink scored twice to make that aim a reality after Georgios Samaras, recalled to the starting XI, got the Hoops off to a dream start.
Newcastle were beaten for a second time in the Mallorca Cup as they went down to the hosts Real Mallorca side at Ono Estadi.
Mario Suarez scored the only goal of the game after just six minutes when he glanced home a testing ball from the left.
The Magpies produced a competitive performance but it was the Primera Liga side that went closest to another goal when Juan Arango's free-kick shaved the bar.
Klaas Jan Huntelaar's second-half strike proved the difference as Ajax continued their pre-season preparations with a narrow 1-0 win at Sunderland.
The Holland forward, linked with a move to England over the summer, fired home the game's only goal nine minutes into the second period after two good saves from Scotland goalkeeper Craig Gordon.
Audrius Ksanavicius handed Hearts manager Csaba Laszlo victory in his first game at Tynecastle as the Edinburgh club beat Hull 1-0.
The Lithuanian headed home just after the half-hour mark in a game of few chances.
