Every word Thomas Frank said on what happened in the dressing room with Son and Maddison injury

Tottenham head coach Thomas Frank has been speaking about the 1-1 draw with Newcastle in South Korea that brought plenty of emotions.

The match in Seoul is expected to be Son Heung-min's final match for the club after 10 years and countless memories, not least lifting the Europa League trophy in May to end it all on a high. Against Newcastle, Brennan Johnson opened the scoring with a low finish before Harvey Barnes equalised with a powerful shot just before half-time.

The second half was all about two moments described by Frank to football.london as beautiful and brutal. First a tearful Son got his moment to come off after the hour mark and the game stopped as he was hugged by everyone on it, with a guard of honour before the substitutes and staff surrounded him and hugged the emotional captain.

Then came the brutal moment as James Maddison went down in the final stages with a non-contact injury to his right knee which looked serious.

Our Tottenham correspondent Alasdair Gold was among those putting the questions to Frank on those two players after the game. Scroll down for every word the Spurs boss said at the press conference inside the Seoul World Cup Stadium.

What did you make of the match?

I thought it was a good game between two competitive teams. We scored a great goal from high pressure where we were winning it high. It was a big, big part of what we like to do. I also think we won it high, maybe four, five or six times where we could have created more of those situations and then we dropped a little bit back. Then in the second half, we got back to more of that. Fair result in an even game.

First off how is James Maddison and what exactly happened to him and with Son, have you ever seen anything like that on a football pitch and what were the scenes like in the dressing room after as well?

Yeah, it's like in life and football, I think sometimes life and football can be brutal, but also sometimes very beautiful. So I think it was brutal in what happened to to Madders. It looks like a a bad injury. Of course we don't know exactly the status on it. It didn't look good.

And then on the other side, unbelievable, beautiful scenes with Sonny and his teammates, the big respect from Newcastle, can't praise that highly enough from the players on the pitch. The scenes after, first when we walk around [the pitch] and then when his team-mates gathered around him and you could see he's highly emotional. Then in the changing room as well I just said a few things, very shortly because it's about Sonny and then he said a few things, of course very emotional, so very, very beautiful scenes about Sonny.

Spurs have one more game in pre-season, was today Son's last match or does he have a chance to play one more game?

I think it's most likely was Sonny's last game. Yeah, it's very close, so yeah, that's the answer. Short (laughs).

Can I just quickly check on what James Maddison exactly injured?

We are pretty sure it was the same knee that he had the previous injury in.

Can you give us a bit of an insight into what's happened over the past 24 hours in the build up to this game since Son made that announcement yesterday?

Not too much, if I'm honest. He knew he had to play, he would play this game no matter what, if this was potentially his last game or not, he would captain the team, so I think the only thing was I spoke a little bit about him, with him, you know, I like to make sure we honoured him in the right way.

Of course, also had a little bit of a professional view on it, so we need to have other players on the pitch as well. So bits like that, but that was the only bit.

Were there any young players who stood out and impressed you today and how did Yang do?

I think of any of our young players, I think Archie Gray stood out. I think he was really, really impressive. I like the way he was carrying the ball forward, his role down the side and the half-space runs and I also think his aggression in the duels and the pressure was very good.

I think that was a very promising performance and it was lovely to have the opportunity to put Yang on the pitch, clearly in front of the home crowd and he almost got the goal which would have been fantastic for him and for the team.