Tottenham Hotspur entertained Arsenal at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium earlier today as they focused on securing a positive result at home. Spurs made a poor start to the game as they conceded the opening goal in the 14th minute when Hugo Lloris scored an unfortunate own goal. Martin Odegaard doubled Arsenal’s advantage in the 36th minute as Tottenham went into the half-time break 2-0 down on the scoreline.
Spurs failed to mount a comeback in the second half and crashed to a poor 2-0 loss in North London.
Let’s take a look at how each Tottenham Hotspur player fared during the clash against the Gunners.
GK: Hugo Lloris – 6/10
Lloris scored an unfortunate own goal in the 14th minute. However, he made a few important saves at the back as well.
CB: Cristian Romero – 6.5/10
He did his fair share of defending and was a strong presence in the air.
CB: Clement Lenglet – 6/10
The French talent looked shaky at the back but made one good chance in the final third.
CB: Eric Dier – 6/10
He tried his best to keep the Arsenal attackers quiet but had a tough first half.
RM: Matt Doherty – 6.5/10
Doherty did his fair share of defending but struggled to impress in the opponent’s half.
CM: Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg – 7/10
He managed to make a positive impact at both ends of the field. However, Hojbjerg has got little to show for his efforts.
CM: Pape Sarr – 6.5/10
Sarr worked hard in both halves but his contributions were not enough in the end.
LM: Ryan Sessegnon – 6.5/10
He caught the eye at times but failed to be decisive in front of the opponent’s goal.
RAM: Dejan Kulusevski – 6.5/10
He tried his best to give a good account of himself in both halves. However, there was no goal for him.
LAM: Son Heung-Min – 6/10
The South Korea international missed a lot of good chances to find the back of the net.
ST: Harry Kane – 7.5/10
Kane caused a lot of problems for the Arsenal defenders. However, the England international failed to get his name on the scoresheet today.
Substitutes:
ST: Richarlison – 6/10
He never looked like he would score.
LB: Ivan Perisic – 6/10
Perisic lacked quality on the ball after coming on as a substitute.
CM: Yves Bissouma – 6.5/10
Bissouma created a couple of decent chances for his teammates to score.
RAM: Bryan Gil – N/A
He didn’t get enough time to influence the game.
CB: Ben Davies – N/A
Davies came on for the final few minutes of the contest.
