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Dan Kilpatrick

Tottenham player ratings vs Manchester United: Hugo Lloris keeps it respectable with Eric Dier jittery

Hugo Lloris prevented Tottenham from falling to an embarrassing defeat

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Tottenham went down 2-0 at Manchester United in a disappointing evening for Antonio Conte’s side.

Second-half goals from Fred and Bruno Fernandes earned a deserved win for United, who dominated the game in their best performance under Erik ten Hag.

Dan Kilpatrick was at Old Trafford to rate the visiting players...

Hugo Lloris 8

Stranded by the deflection on Fred’s strike and powerless to stop Fernandes’ clincher. Made four sharp saves inside the first 25 minutes, with a low dive to deny Marcus Rashford and fingertip stop from Luke Shaw’s volley the picks.

Also saved brilliantly from Rashford in the second half. Kept the scoreline respectable.

Cristian Romero 5

Supposed to be a press-resistant centre-half but struggled with United’s intensity as much as anyone and looked out of sorts.

Eric Dier 4

Lost possession in the build-up to Fred’s goal with a careless touch. Jittery on the ball all night and given the run around by Rashford.

Ben Davies 4

Unlucky to deflect Fred’s effort past his own goalkeeper. Struggled to progress the ball and is not in the same class as Clement Lenglet at passing out.

Matt Doherty 5

Occasionally threatened in the first half but increasingly forced onto the back foot, which is not his strength.

Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg 4

Uncharacteristically sloppy. Especially uncomfortable in the face of United’s relentless press.

Yves Bissouma 5

Clearly rusty and often outnumbered in the middle. His touch was heavy.

Rodrigo Bentancur 5

Tried to calm things down and looked to get forward in support of Kane and Son but did not fare much better than his midfield partners.

Ivan Perisic 6

Got in some good positions but his final ball was lacking. Beaten by pace by Diego Dalot who created a great chance for Luke Shaw in the first half.

Heung-min Son 5

A peripheral figure and rarely threatened United all night.

Harry Kane 7

Spurs’ best outfield player. Hit a succession of impressive diagonals, and tested David de Gea at the end of the first half.

Subs

Lucas Moura (Bissouma 81’) 6

Davinson Sanchez (Dier 81’) 5

Ryan Sessegnon (Doherty 81’) 6

Oliver Skipp (Bentancur 89’) N/A

Djed Spence (Perisic 89’) N/A

Not used: Forster, Gil, Tanganga, Lenglet.

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