Lloris 7 – By his high standards he’ll be disappointed by the Swansea goal; must have thought all angles were covered with Ki wide of the goal, but the midfielder found the space between Lloris’ legs to score. But he saved us two points at the death with an unbelievable save from Fernandez’s header, virtually pulled it out of the net.
Rose 7 – A very solid calm performance from Rose. Made a brilliant tackle to win
the ball first, which then led to a counter-attack and then a great cross for our opening goal. Always had his defensive side covered and managed very weel with every Swansea attack whilst he was on.
Vertonghen 6 – Involvement in the Swansea goal as he miskicked his right footed clearance and Ki took control to score from an acute angle. Good clearing header as he ran towards his own goal but overall still looked a bit uncomfortable when defending our area.
Dier 6 – Gave away the free-kick that led to Swansea’s first goal but otherwise was very competent and is showing great maturity and confidence for a young CB. Very strong in the air and covered the ground well rarely losing a tackle all game, a very bright future ahead for young Eric.
Walker 6 – Started very well as he had a lot of space to get forward and deliver good crosses and showed a constant threat going forwards. Was comfortable until Montero came on when he really struggled to deal with his trickery in the closing stages of the game.
Mason 8 – Scored our second goal as he trailed the run of Eriksen and picked up the ball in the area before finishing emphatically into the roof of the net. Was constantly making runs into the box trying to give us options, very quick and decisive on the ball throughout.
Bentaleb 8 – Dictated the pace of the midfield with his tackles and his work rate off the ball. Won the ball that led to our 3rd goal, was in the action all the way, had a good shot at goal too which was well saved early on.
Townsend 7 – Consistently tried to get inside and shoot, unsuccessfully several times, kept working hard before he got it right in the 2nd half, brilliant quick run and clever cut-back onto his right foot to score, one of his better displays tonight.
Eriksen 7 – First half he struggled to get into things and was shut down by Swansea’s narrow defence, much better second half, his runs and passing range dominated the game, his run created our 2nd goal and he found his groove and was running the game like we know he can.
Chadli 8 – Superb one-touch finish to score the opener, such skill to finish that off. Could’ve had a second too after Kane played him through but he was offside. Always looked like a goal threat cutting in from the wings, inside and his shots were always near the target.
Kane 6 – Seems like PL sides are starting to pay attention to Harry and are trying to shut him out of the game. Made Fabianski kick the ball out of play at least twice with his closing down work. Had 2 very good headers which both sailed off target.
