PLAYER RATINGS: Tottenham 1-3 Benfica

Hugo Lloris – Made some good saves other than the three goals which weren’t completely his fault. Two risky decisions of coming out which could’ve been costly. Lucky to get away with them. (6.5)

Kyle Walker – Made some good tackles and stopped most of the play on our right side (which they seemed to try to build up from in the first half). Substituted for Rose in the 76th minuted. Overall, a decent performance. (7)

Younes Kaboul – Well involved in the game. Tried his best to score from two great headers but was unlucky. Covered up his mistakes as well. (7.5)

Jan Vertonghen – Looked more enthusiastic as compared to the game against Chelsea. A much better performance but still had some shaky moment’s which made me very nervous. Unlucky to get a yellow. A decent game for him as well. (7)

Kyle Naughton – Blame him for the first goal. Looked nervous while making decisions, whether it dealt with defensive work or offensive. Improved as the game went on and seemed eager to make it up for giving away the goal. An unnecessary freekick given away which was costly. (6.5)

Sandro Raniere – Committed as always. Not his best performance but was lucky to get away with most tackles. Received a yellow within the first ten minutes and kept going making risky challenges but played a great part in supporting the defense. Substituted on the 82nd minute for Bentaleb. (7)

Paulinho – A very confidence performance. Was all over the pitch, in a good way. Involved the most in midfield and made some important interceptions. Great central presence. (7.5)

Aaron Lennon – One of his good performances (not really good, just good!). His speed seemed to trouble the opposition. Great link up with Walker and the central midfield as well but was unable to create many chances. Needs to come back to his best! (7)

Christian Eriksen – Best player on the pitch for us tonight! Great passing, great communication with players and a beautiful freekick. Seemed the most committed and wanted to keep creating. (8)

Emmanuel Adebayor – A rather poor performance. Had an open chance which he should’ve easily finished and played a bit too deep. Did not trouble the defense much. Wasn’t one of his better days. (6.5)

Harry Kane – A quite first half, got much involved in the second. Gave away an unnecessary corner which led to a goal (trying to be involved a bit too much). Got us the freekick from which Eriksen scored. Didn’t have much to offer otherwise. Substituted for Soldado in the 75th minute. (6.7)

Substitutes

Roberto Soldado – Didn’t get much to do. Came on when Benfica started pressurising the most. Had some good passes but didn’t have enough time to get a shot on target. (6.5)

Danny Rose – A decent performance. Again, came on a bit too late to be involved in. Played decent defensively. Didn’t have much to offer. (6.5)

Nabil Bentaleb – Came on too late for Sandro. (N/A)

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