Hull City were beaten 3-0 by Tottenham Hotspur in the Barclays Asia Trophy Final in Beijing on Friday.

Two goals from Robbie Keane and one from Aaron Lennon saw Spurs claim the trophy.

Playing in a 4-5-1 formation, only three players retained their starting places from the game against Beijing Guoan. Nick Barmby, George Boateng and Dean Marney were the three to survive with Daniel Cousin playing as a lone striker.

Tottenham dominated the opening exchanges and had already looked dangerous in attack before Tony Warner was called upon for the first time as he did well to stop Lennon's deflected shot in the 14th minute.

Two minutes later, though, Warner was beaten as Spurs took the lead. Keane took a long diagonal pass in his stride before shooting goalwards and seeing the ball squirm beneath the body of the City keeper and into the net.

City's first real threat came on 23 minutes as Cousin took advantage of a mistake in the Spurs back line. The striker cut inside but his left-foot shot drifted wide.

Warner then had to save from Jermain Defoe before good work from Cousin set up City's next chance. The Gabon international pulled the ball back for Nicky Featherstone and although he miss-kicked, it fell nicely for Marney but his effort was beaten away by Heurelho Gomes.

Defoe sprung the offside trap to find himself one-on-one with Warner, but the England striker fired wide with nine minutes to go before half time.

Half Time: Tigers 0-2 Spurs

City's only change for the second half saw Geovanni replace Barmby.

It was a slow start to the second half. Marney had the first shot in anger, firing just wide from 25 yards before Caleb Folan replaced Cousin.

Gomes then showed his brilliance with two fine saves within 60 seconds to deny City an equaliser. Tom Cairney, who was impressive throughout, saw his corner cleared only as far as Geovanni on the edge of the box. He scuffed a volley into the ground, but the ball fell nicely for Steven Mouyokolo, whose header from close range brought a brilliant reaction stop from Gomes.

From the resulting corner, Kevin Kilbane saw his long-range header tipped over the bar by the Spurs keeper.

Those saves proved crucial as Spurs doubled their lead from the penalty spot in the 69th minute. Warner tripped Defoe as the pair challenged for the ball and Keane made no mistake from 12 yards.

A host of substitutions disrupted the flow of the game before Spurs made it 3-0 in the final five minutes as Lennon converted a low cross from close range.

Geovanni went close to a consolation with a strong run and shot that flashed narrowly wide before Peter Halmosi's cross just evaded Bernard Mendy.

Tigers: Tony Warner, Nathan Doyle (Cooper 85), Steven Mouyokolo, Kamil Zayatte, Andy Dawson, Nicky Featherstone (Kilbane 61), Dean Marney (Mendy 88), George Boateng (Halmosi 81), Tom Cairney (Atkinson 74), Nick Barmby (Geovanni 46), Daniel Cousin (Folan 59).

Subs Not Used: Matt Duke, Anthony Gardner, Michael Turner, Jamie Devitt, Bryan Hughes.

Spurs: Heurelho Gomes, Benoit Assou-Ekotto, Pascal Chimbonda (Hutton 78), Vedran Corluka, Aaron Lennon, Jermaine Jenas (Naughton 61), Luka Modric, Tom Huddlestone, Wilson Palacios (Livermore 83), Jermain Defoe, Robbie Keane.

Subs: Carlo Cudicini, Jonathan Obika, John Bostock, Jamie O'Hara, Danny Rose, Roman Pavlyuchenko, Dervite-Vaussoue.

Referee: Mr M. Atkinson.