LONDON, Aug 7: The German was mobbed by excited fans as he left the field. The Frenchman walked off alone, disgraced by yet another red card.

, Juergen Klinsmann made his first appearance for Tottenham Saturday in a preseason exhibition game at Division One Watford and was an instant hit with the Spurs followers, reports AP.

The German, scorer of five goals in the World Cup. didn't find the target this time in a 1-1 draw but did enough to make him a favourite among the 8.000 Tottenham fans crammed into Watford's -modest 15.000 capacity stadium.

The two million pound German gave Indications that his partnership with Teddy Sheringharn would echo his success at international level alongside Rudi Voeller.

Klinsmann could easily have ended the day with a hat-trick. It took an inspired performance by Watford keeper Kevin Miller to deny the German, although Klinsmann ' himself was left shaking his head after one second-half miss.

Watford opened the scoring through, former Spurs youth Richard Johnson in the 34th minute; Sheriiigliam equalised with a 'header in the second half.

Eric Cantona, sent off twice towards the end of last season, saw red again Saturday. Only 90 seconds after he was shown the yellow card for dissent playing for Manchester United in a 1-0 exhibition loss at Glasgow Rangers, he was shown the red one for a two-footed lunge at the home team's Steven Pressley.

While Tottenham almost certainly have Klinsmann in their lineup for the opening game of the Premier League season.at Sheffield Wednesday Aug 20.