Match Ratings Spurs vs Everton: player ratings

[cozzo]

I felt sorry for Lennon when Wanyama shoved him aside and dispossesed him.

 

[yusrisafri]

Son - 9
dembele, verts, eriksen - 8
Aurier, Dier, Lloris, Sanchez - 7
Kane, Alli, Davies - 6

Son the clear Motm. What a player he is.

Dembele looks like his mojo is back.

Eriksen was imperious with his range of passing.

Verts was faultless in defence. That effort on Rooney which ended up in a silly foul by Rooney was quality.

Dier, Lloris, Sanchez - ok.

Aurier - needs to improve his end product but got into good spaces.

Kane despite scoring 2 was nowhere near his best, with poor timing and decision makings.

Alli dilly-dallied too many times and was careless on the ball. Still better than the Alli of the early season though.

Davies was too negative for me. Had many opoortunities to push the ball forward but opted to go sideways.

 

[nightgoat]

Son MotM, but Dembele was excellent today, like the Dembele of the 15/16 season.

 

[worcestersauce]

Pretty much all players on that performance would have got MOTM in half a dozen other games this season.
Son was eye catching good and it would be hard not to give it to him today and I am fine with that but I also thought Dembele was immense in midfield, a man among Everton boys, a pleasure to watch him today.

 

[JimmyG2]

A little worried at 3-0 but we saw it out .
Strong team, good performance.
Would of liked Lamela and Victor on earlier.
8+...........Son
8.............Dele. Eriksen Verts Dembele
7.............Aurier Kane Dier, Sanchez
6.............Lloris,Davies.

4th. goal was a gem.

 

[danielneeds]

I felt sorry for Lennon when Wanyama shoved him aside and dispossesed him.

Story of Lennon’s career, really. Could never marry that acceleration with any upper body stength, and a good defender could always lean him off the ball.

 

[mckenz]

Dembele for me - whatever happened up front was in most part due to him controlling from midfield - If we saw that 2 matches out of 3 we would have one of the best best CM's in the world. (and yes I know he doesn't, but you can really understand his standing with the squad and Poch)

Son - not just great going forward but he was tracking back and defending - better than Firmino? Mane? yep from me

Verts - Rolls Royce, class

Kane - much easier to start comparing other players to him rather than to work out what he's like.. 2 footed, great passing and a goal hanging finishing machine.

Alli - deserved a goal and created lots of moments

Sanchez - 21? really? been at the club 6 months? really?? scary

and it was still a team win - we're fit , we like the second half of the season and the Wembly hoodoo seems behind us



COYS

 

[coys200]

Dier is just back for me now. Wanyama has showed since back he is far superior in every department. Dier is a very decent and handy back up for 2 positions. Would walk into most teams. But we have 3 exceptional CB and a masterful DM in wanyama. Tough on Dier but that’s the situation for me.

 

[Qualsonic]

It’s a clear motm to Son for his goal and assist, but watching Dembele today was pure joy.
A great performance by the whole team, hope Juventus were watching .

 

[theShiznit]

Shouldn't really pick out anyone negatively from that performance when there is so much of what we all want to see; players inter changing, passing and moving and instinctive 1 or 2 touch play it's a joy to watch, sure Alli occasionally looked like he wasn't fully in control of his limbs but some of his play was outstanding not just the flick for our best goal.

Son was clear standout though involved in the great team stuff and individual brilliance.

Kane was probably the weakest of the front 4 and bagged a couple including a cheeky (intentional) lob and played some delicious passes, including a perfectly weighted pass into Aurier's feet at the start of our great team goal.

 

[Woodham Wanderer]

As a unit today we were very good. Seemed more pace and more direct today. Mom - Son

 

[seanwhite1961]

If I had the hard choice between selling Son or Dele, I would keep Son.

 

[Mr Pink]

Wow, just watched MOTD, very little credit praise/towards us, and the 4th goal we scored.

Just focused on Everton being disorganised and unprofessional.

Honestly, had that been United or Liverpool they would of been waxing lyrical. Could you imagine if the fab four (for Liverpool - cringe) scored that fourth...

Just find it amazing.

 

[Col_M]

Remember Son loses points for not heading the ball ;-)

 

[Bus-Conductor]

OK, team selection wise, I don't really understand Dier over Wanyama, and I would have preferred Trippier over Aurier in todays game, with maybe Aurier away next week.

It's a funny old game. Plenty of what we did today was good, some even very good and that fourth goal is up there with the best goals I've seen any Spurs side score, and I go back a fair way. But what's funny is, some days you huff and puff, like last game against West Ham, and the fucker just won't roll, then days like today you get two of them. The first goal started with the outstanding Eriksen, spraying a lovely ball out to Aurier who, finding himself with way to much time and space, contrived to skew a shot accidentally into the path of Son. 1-0.

I didn't actually like much of what followed that goal to half time, I thought we lost rhythm, Dier dropped anchor around our "D" and Dembele went quiet. Everton actually had a little spell of something, not sure what exactly, but something vaguely competitive. Toward the ned of the half Poch, I think sensing that Dier was soon going to end up there anyway, by default, just switched us to a back three, with Eriksen dropping back into CM, and Everton, buffudled, reverted to shitness and we saw out the half with control returned.

Then we get the second lucky roll. As with the first goal, this wasn't all about luck, it starts with a beautiful drag and turn by the effervescent Son, he moves forwards, but like Aurier before him skews a shot that turns into a pass for (the possibly offside) Kane to tap home.

Just one of those breaks last week would probably been enough to see us with more points. But "dis is fuubal" I guess.

Once this team gets two up, it can sometimes be like watching a lion fuck around with it's half dead prey. Not always clean and precise, not always going straight for the jugular, it can be a bit messy, there might even be moments of fading hope for the doomed creature, but it rarely ends well for the prey, limbs often get extracted before death.

And so it was today, we fumbled away a few glorious situations before finally killing Everton off, for the third goal, Kane turned a good ball by Dier into a superb one with brilliant movement.

Then came that goal.

I have been watching football for a very long time, over four decades, and I haven't seen too many goals that were better than this. These are my favourite type of goals, goals that involve team work, intricacy and inspirational thought and deed. It was a beautifully synchronised sequence of individual movements that made the most collectively beauteous thing.

The ball works it's way to Kane, right side just inside their half, he's strong, holds up then turns it round the corner to the charging Aurier - who stretches under duress, whilst falling but just manages to get the perfect touch into the path of Son, who then does the most sublime thing, he uses instep spin, harnessing physics and denying them all at once, to flick the ball round the oncoming defender into the path of Alli, who without even looking nonchalantly back flicks the ball to Eriksen behind him, who emphatically smashes the ball with precision into the net.

It was a goal of the very highest calibre, Brazil early 70's, Holland late 70's, Barca, Arsenal's Henry/Bergkamp era. It was that good. It was football as poetry. Football as art. Football at it's very finest.

Individual

Lloris - Nothing to do. The obligatory distribution "moment"

Aurier - He was involved today and got into several great situations but wasted just about every one of them with poor end product, his part in the final goal aside. generally good game but got caught out first half the one time Everton got behind us.

Sanchez - Decent game overall.

Vertonghen - Very good game.

Davies - Deserves a mention today, was vey good in his general build up play today and defensively also very good. The way we set up was more lop sided with Son providing more of the wide play on the left and Aurier more on the right, so Davies had a slightly different, less attacking, remit but today it worked.

Dier - Good ball for Kane goal aside, he was pretty meh, going awol for the latter part of the first half, and I really don't see how he gets the nod ahead of Wanyama. We just need som much more from a Cm in a two CM system.

Dembele - he was very good today, but lets keep perspective, this was a pretty poor Everton at home, and the first decent game he's had for 5 months.

Eriksen - I thought he was outstanding today, as well as seeing the same amount of the ball as Dembele for example, he covered about four positions, CM, AM, Wide AM, played the incisive pass for the first goal and finished off the move for that wonderful fourth, in between was the quiet conductor of most of the good things we did. Any other day he's MOTM.

Alli - Yes, there was some bumbling, some wastage of a couple of great situations, but this Alli is the one you forgive, he's working so much harder, seeing so much more of the ball, contributing so much more to games overall, and producing those "moments" of real quality too.

Son - Like Alli, Son has hit a vein of form. Not only is he still producing, something he's constantly done, but he's now bumbling much less, contributing a more substantial body of work to go with the frills, working harder, seeing more of the ball, and for the third or fourth game running had his best game in a Spurs shirt. MOTM

Kane - Truth be told the first 45 minutes weren't great. He wasted a couple of great chances to play team mates in, bumbled about a bit, got offside when he shouldn't. But Kane is and indomitable force of nature and he invariably keeps ploughing on and eventually gets his rewards.

 

[tippspur59]

Most times when Harry Kane gets two goals in a game he would get MOTM,sorry but not today Harry.Sonny was the main man.

 

[LexingtonSpurs]

Aurier - He was involved today and got into several great situations but wasted just about every one of them with poor end product, his part in the final goal aside. generally good game but got caught out first half the one time Everton got behind us.

He had the assist on Son's goal, and was involved in the build up of the 4th goal.

 

[ClintEastwould]

Top 4 in order

Son
Dembele
Kane
Eriksen

 

[mpickard2087]

Aurier who, finding himself with way to much time and space, contrived to skew a shot accidentally into the path of Son. 1-0.

Then we get the second lucky roll. As with the first goal, this wasn't all about luck, it starts with a beautiful drag and turn by the effervescent Son, he moves forwards, but like Aurier before him skews a shot that turns into a pass for (the possibly offside) Kane to tap home.

Just one of those breaks last week would probably been enough to see us with more points. But "dis is fuubal" I guess.

I think this is a bit harsh BC. I wouldn't call it luck - Aurier and Son did what you should do in that situation and went hard and low across goal, because hopefully either a) they hit the back of the net themselves or if it's not quite accurate then b) the keeper can push it out into the path of an onrushing player or c) can be directly swept in by an onrushing player (as we saw today). I know Everton were more open than West Ham and it was probably a little easier to go about our work, but we were simply rewarded for doing our jobs properly at each stage of the move - working the openings, Aurier and Son then hard and low across goal to leave open maximum possibilities, and the last bit is that we had runners who'd had the desire to get in there and across the front of their men... Which was a little lacking in the previous game.

 

[SpursSince1980]

OK, team selection wise, I don't really understand Dier over Wanyama, and I would have preferred Trippier over Aurier in todays game, with maybe Aurier away next week.

It's a funny old game. Plenty of what we did today was good, some even very good and that fourth goal is up there with the best goals I've seen any Spurs side score, and I go back a fair way. But what's funny is, some days you huff and puff, like last game against West Ham, and the fucker just won't roll, then days like today you get two of them. The first goal started with the outstanding Eriksen, spraying a lovely ball out to Aurier who, finding himself with way to much time and space, contrived to skew a shot accidentally into the path of Son. 1-0.

I didn't actually like much of what followed that goal to half time, I thought we lost rhythm, Dier dropped anchor around our "D" and Dembele went quiet. Everton actually had a little spell of something, not sure what exactly, but something vaguely competitive. Toward the ned of the half Poch, I think sensing that Dier was soon going to end up there anyway, by default, just switched us to a back three, with Eriksen dropping back into CM, and Everton, buffudled, reverted to shitness and we saw out the half with control returned.

Then we get the second lucky roll. As with the first goal, this wasn't all about luck, it starts with a beautiful drag and turn by the effervescent Son, he moves forwards, but like Aurier before him skews a shot that turns into a pass for (the possibly offside) Kane to tap home.

Just one of those breaks last week would probably been enough to see us with more points. But "dis is fuubal" I guess.

Once this team gets two up, it can sometimes be like watching a lion fuck around with it's half dead prey. Not always clean and precise, not always going straight for the jugular, it can be a bit messy, there might even be moments of fading hope for the doomed creature, but it rarely ends well for the prey, limbs often get extracted before death.

And so it was today, we fumbled away a few glorious situations before finally killing Everton off, for the third goal, Kane turned a good ball by Dier into a superb one with brilliant movement.

Then came that goal.

I have been watching football for a very long time, over four decades, and I haven't seen too many goals that were better than this. These are my favourite type of goals, goals that involve team work, intricacy and inspirational thought and deed. It was a beautifully synchronised sequence of individual movements that made the most collectively beauteous thing.

The ball works it's way to Kane, right side just inside their half, he's strong, holds up then turns it round the corner to the charging Aurier - who stretches under duress, whilst falling but just manages to get the perfect touch into the path of Son, who then does the most sublime thing, he uses instep spin, harnessing physics and denying them all at once, to flick the ball round the oncoming defender into the path of Alli, who without even looking nonchalantly back flicks the ball to Eriksen behind him, who emphatically smashes the ball with precision into the net.

It was a goal of the very highest calibre, Brazil early 70's, Holland late 70's, Barca, Arsenal's Henry/Bergkamp era. It was that good. It was football as poetry. Football as art. Football at it's very finest.

Individual

Lloris - Nothing to do. The obligatory distribution "moment"

Aurier - He was involved today and got into several great situations but wasted just about every one of them with poor end product, his part in the final goal aside. generally good game but got caught out first half the one time Everton got behind us.

Sanchez - Decent game overall.

Vertonghen - Very good game.

Davies - Deserves a mention today, was vey good in his general build up play today and defensively also very good. The way we set up was more lop sided with Son providing more of the wide play on the left and Aurier more on the right, so Davies had a slightly different, less attacking, remit but today it worked.

Dier - Good ball for Kane goal aside, he was pretty meh, going awol for the latter part of the first half, and I really don't see how he gets the nod ahead of Wanyama. We just need som much more from a Cm in a two CM system.

Dembele - he was very good today, but lets keep perspective, this was a pretty poor Everton at home, and the first decent game he's had for 5 months.

Eriksen - I thought he was outstanding today, as well as seeing the same amount of the ball as Dembele for example, he covered about four positions, CM, AM, Wide AM, played the incisive pass for the first goal and finished off the move for that wonderful fourth, in between was the quiet conductor of most of the good things we did. Any other day he's MOTM.

Alli - Yes, there was some bumbling, some wastage of a couple of great situations, but this Alli is the one you forgive, he's working so much harder, seeing so much more of the ball, contributing so much more to games overall, and producing those "moments" of real quality too.

Son - Like Alli, Son has hit a vein of form. Not only is he still producing, something he's constantly done, but he's now bumbling much less, contributing a more substantial body of work to go with the frills, working harder, seeing more of the ball, and for the third or fourth game running had his best game in a Spurs shirt. MOTM

Kane - Truth be told the first 45 minutes weren't great. He wasted a couple of great chances to play team mates in, bumbled about a bit, got offside when he shouldn't. But Kane is and indomitable force of nature and he invariably keeps ploughing on and eventually gets his rewards.

Very insightful and funny report, BC! On the topic of the 4th goal... and seeing as you’ve probably been watching since late to early eighties... you’ll likely understand when I reference ‘that’ goal vs FC Porto scored by Gary Lineker, comes the closest to mind when comparing that fourth goal today to some of the best ever!!