- Jul 19, 2015
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Really like this summary of the players performance. Not often someone captures your own views better than you did yourself!Gazza: 6 - The first goal should have been stopped. A few other dodgy moments with crosses were also noted.
Aurier: 8 - MOTM for me. He's looked excellent in the first two games under Jose. Whether that's down to something specific or just the adrenaline rush of a new manager and a point to prove will be seen in due course. I have severe doubts over his medium to long term consistency levels still. But a great start. His goal was excellent.
Sanchez: 8 - Narrowly misses out on MOTM. His recovery to make that tackle in the 1st half was Ledley-like against Chelsea. His overall positioning was good too. Still has one or two iffy moments that he needs to iron out, but I suppose that's to be expected at his age.
Toby: 7 - Solid enough.
Rose: 5 - Didn't seem to enjoy being restricted. His "clearance" that led to their first goal was shocking. He also failed to defend the near post area which he was assigned to do. So two of his mistakes led to goals. Not great.
Dier: 4 - Jose said sorry and that it could have been anyone. He was lying. This was Dier at his worst. Slow, lacklustre, hiding from the ball, wasn't even defending the space he's meant to be defending. All that in 25 minutes. We need a new DM.
Winks: 6 - Not much better in that first period of the game. Improved once we went to more of a 4-3-3 formation. Still unconvinced that he's good enough to be a starter.
Eriksen: 7 - Poor when he came on, improved a lot in the 2nd half. Not to the levels JJ was alluding to on air for BT Sport, but he was a lot closer to the Eriksen we know and love watching. Kept seeking the ball, played some nice passes (and some bad) and whipped in a wonderful free kick for Harry's 2nd. Good game from him.
Alli: 7 - Dreadful, as everyone was, in that first period of the game. Got his act together in the 2nd half and played reasonably well.
Son: 6 - Not one of his greatest games for us, didn't improve as much as the others did after an equally horrid start. Never hides though and just his presence on the pitch is a threat to other teams.
Moura: 6 - Unlike Sonny, didn't really look to receive the ball that much. There will be games which do not suit him and at home to teams liky Olympiakos may be some of them. I see him more as a counter attacking threat. Did reasonably OK. That's about it. Good pass into Kane for the equaliser.
Kane: 8 - He scored two goals. Fastest player to 20 goals in CL history. We don't blink an eye. That's how good he is. We will never understand how good he really is until we lose him due to retirement when he's 40 (hopefully!).
Sissoko: 7 - Sured things up once we drew level. Was solid enough defensively, a little wasteful as usual going forward.
Ndombele: NET - A few nice touches. I love watching him play. I hope Jose feels the same way.
Special mention for Jose, our grievances with Poch was the amount of time it took him to make changes in games, either tactically or personnel. Jose in his first home match acted after 25 minutes. Obviously the tactical tweak wasn't the deciding factor in getting us back into the game, it doesn't matter what formation you're playing, when you can't find a team-mate with a 5 yard pass you're going to struggle. But the intent of it was good and once we started to play better, you could see that brining on Eriksen worked. He then quickly brought Sissoko on as he knew a draw was enough. It's very refreshing to see and I found him very honest in his post-match assessment of things.