- Sep 21, 2005
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Not a polished performance but I'd take any win against these ****s, yes we almost undid our good work but in these emotive matches with bullets flying everywhere it happens. We got the win that eluded us last two seasons, I'm happy.
Lloris was fine, couldn't do anything about the goals.
Aurier was targeting all game and didn't have a good day at the office. Rightly sent off and positioning let him down. I like him but let's be honest, we'd be slaughtering Tripp for the same performance.
Alderweireld was calm and mopped everything up well.
Sanchez had some great moment and some poor. Lucky not to give away a penalty. Pretty strong.
Vertonghen was very good, great use of the ball, key involvement with the second goal, some strong defending under pressure.
Davies was undistirbed defensively, decent in attack and showed some nice skill.
Dier going too deep left too much space between defence and attack, but he made some good challenges and fairly positionally disciplined.
Sissoko was fine, brought the ball forward well, some good ball retention too under pressure but no cutting edge.
Dele was involved in both first half goals, he was always popping up in threatening areas, he fought off the ball, but he also lost the ball sloppily, spurned a few opportunities and overdid it at times. Mixed bag with end product, any chance he's a talented 21 year old?
Eriksen was man of the match, he scored a cool goal, was the maestro in the build up to both the others and showed some great skill and awareness. Criminally underrated.
Kane was Kane, all fight, all heart, two great finishes and was a leader up until he came off. Sums him up that I just expect this from him.
Winks looked the best he has in a while, some nice touches and good fight.
Trippier filled a hole, game was a mess by then.
Llorente did well, some great hold up play, bullied them a bit and took some pressure off our defence.
At what point is Eriksen no longer under rated? He's quite rightly who everyone always bangs on about, week in week out, and is being touted for Barca. Not sure he's flying under the radar anymore