Celtic’s second-string side earned former Albion chief Tony Mowbray his first silverware as boss as well as warming up for their Champions League qualifier by defeating Tottenham in the Wembley Cup yesterday.

Victory, courtesy of goals by Chris Killen and Georgios Samaras, means Mowbray’s men won the friendly tournament ahead of Wednesday’s clash against Dinamo Moscow and they have still not conceded a goal in four pre-season matches.

Spurs boss Harry Redknapp, who has watched his side getting outplayed by two reserve sides during the tournament, has major worries at the heart of his defence as Ledley King, Jonathan Woodgate and Michael Dawson are sidelined.

The trouble for Redknapp was Pascal Chimbonda looked uncomfortable moving in from right-back and youngster Dorian Dervite appeared well off the pace.

It only took Celtic eight minutes to expose Spurs’ fragile defence. Paul Caddis shifted past Benoit Assou-Ekotto on the right and whipped in a cross with Killen getting in front of Chimbonda to plant his header past Heurelho Gomes.

Frenchman Dervite was at fault for the second goal which Samaras scored five minutes before the break.

Samaras was in his own half when he poked the ball past the 21-year-old and there was plenty of time to catch the Greece international, who was hardly known for his pace while at Manchester City for two years.

Instead, Samaras carried the ball into the area and executed a precise finish across Gomes.

At the other end of the pitch for Spurs, Darren Bent missed several chances.

The first came when Robbie Keane sent him through for a one-on-one chance but his finish was saved by Lukasz Zaluska.

He then headed straight at Zaluska and fired a volley wildly over the crossbar from another cross.

Mowbray opted to rest his first-choice players with the Dinamo match in mind.