Spurs 4-3 Leicester: Player Ratings

Lloris N/A – Injured in the first minute, big shame, hopefully not serious.

Rose 8 – Easily our best defender again today, got free on the left with good crosses, won balls in the air, showed great reaction to get to the ball and win the penalty and the few times he was caught upfield he recovered well and won possession back. His improvement continues to get more impressive this season.

Vertonghen 5 – Looked too complacent, gave away the ball sloppily too often, his step-out resulted in Leicester’s first goal and was found sleeping when Leicester counter-attacked us. Needs to step up in these last few games and get his head togeteher.

Dier 7 – Very composed on the ball, great flick to set-up the first goal, could’ve won more in the air. Made an attack that led to a Chadli chance when he battled for the ball and then kept going forward. Won more aerial balls in the last quarter of the game as Leicester tried to prey on what had been our weakness all game.

Walker 5 – Bad day at the office. Made the tackle that, inadvertently led to Hugo’s injury, gave away the ball cheaply, made silly fouls all game. Beaten too easily by Schlupp on a run that eventually led to the second Leicester goal, and while he made an important block soon after on the same move, the corner led to Morgan’s goal.

Mason 6 – Showed energy but often mistimed his challenges which resulted in Leicester breaking on us. Like Bentaleb, was missing when we didn’t have the ball, and we needed to win possession back well before it got anywhere near our nervy defence.

Bentaleb 6 – Looked very leggy today, was lethargic in his play and was too slow to the tackle too many times which resulted in us giving the ball way cheaply, one player who needs this two-week break coming up.

Townsend 6 – Didn’t get down the wings and use his pace often enough to be effective on the right. Was his corner that led to the first goal, but created little going forward but didn’t make any major errors defensively.

Eriksen 7 – Had a brilliant effort that hot the post, found little pockets to make his passes effective and nearly fed Kane through several times, if it weren’t for blocks from defenders.

Chadli 5 – Was not at the races, lost the ball when we were in good positions and got booked for simulation as well, often failed to back-track his runner on the left which left Rose exposed, had two great goal shots which he skewed. I think the loss of his father has really affected him, hasn’t been the same since then, hopefully Nacer through this bad patch of form.

Kane 9 – MOM, I’m running out of great things to say about Harry. Classic poachers finish for the first goal, showed great touch to get his shot away for the second goal and cool penalty to complete the hat-trick. Won the ball well, held it up, tackled hard, there seems to be nothing that he can’t do. Take a bow, Harry!

Subs:

Vorm 6 – Thrown in at the deep end. Did well to save Nugent’s swerving volley, helpless for the first goal, could’ve reacted quicker for the second goal and misjudged his position for the third. But otherwise, swept up well and made some key saves at important points of the match.

Paulinho 6 – Did reasonably well when he came on. Calmed the tempo of the game down, was effective on the ball, managed to stop a lot of Leicester’s moves and kept the game ticking over nicely. Solid effort.

Dembele N/A – Came on to see the game out late on.

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