Tottenham player ratings vs Aston Villa - Dominic Solanke at the double as Sarr shines

Tottenham Hotspur won 4-1 against Aston Villa in the Premier League on Sunday and here are our Spurs player ratings.

The hosts came into the clash looking to follow up their 2-1 win against Manchester City in the Carabao Cup on Wednesday evening in another tough game against Unai Emery's side at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Postecoglou was missing Micky van de Ven due to a hamstring strain along with Wilson Odobert.

The Tottenham boss did have captain Son Heung-min back though and the Australian selected a midfield of Pape Matar Sarr, following his goal against City, as well as Rodrigo Bentancur and Dejan Kulusevski, meaning a place on the bench again for James Maddison.

Villa took the lead after the half hour mark when a corner came off Pedro Porro and Bentancur before Guglielmo Vicario could only push it to Morgan Rogers to slam in from close range for only the second set piece goal Spurs have conceded this season.

Spurs equalised early in the second half when Son hit a great low cross into the box and Brennan Johnson slammed it home on the run.

Dominic Solanke then put the home side into the lead. He finally got some decent service and he tucked away a delightful chipped finish. The move had started with a vital Ben Davies block and then Kulusevski played a reverse ball through to the £65million striker to score.

Solanke then scored again to make it 3-1 for Tottenham. Sarr won the ball back, played it into Richarlison and he picked out Solanke with a perfect low cross and the striker made no mistake. Richarlison did appear to hold his hamstring in the process though and had to go off immediately after.

Maddison put the cherry on top of the cake with a lovely, curling free-kick to make it 4-1 as Emiliano Martinez could only watch it sail inside the right-hand post.

Here are our Tottenham player ratings from the game:

Guglielmo Vicario

Saved from Onana's header off the post but then saw his save after a couple of Spurs touches from a Villa corner fall to Rogers to slam home. Didn't have much to do after that. 7

Pedro Porro

Didn't contribute too much going forward and did send the header back towards his own goal for Villa's first half strike. Worked hard though as the game wore on with his defending down the right. 7

Cristian Romero

A little off the pace early on and picked up a yellow card for a late lunge early in the second half. Did improve as the game wore on but had to go off with a foot injury. 7

Radu Dragusin

Got a good block on Ramsey's first half shot and put in a really solid display at the back in Van de Ven's absence. 8

Destiny Udogie

Got up and down the left and set up Solanke for a chance in the second half. Looked sharp for much of the game and got into plenty of good positions. 7

Pape Matar Sarr

Got better and better as the game wore on and was involved in the second goal and then crucial for Spurs' third goal as he won the ball back and slipped in Richarlison to set up Solanke. An all action performance. 9

Rodrigo Bentancur

Spurs' brightest player in the first half but was chasing the game a little in the second half with a few let offs when he could have got a yellow card or two and was replaced by Bissouma before the hour mark. 7

Dejan Kulusevski

Struggled to find a way through in the first half but was back on form in the second period and his reverse pass through to Solanke to score Spurs' second goal was delightful. 8

Brennan Johnson

Chased plenty of lost causes in the first half and got his reward with his seventh goal of the season, slamming home Son's low cross. Ran himself into the ground after that as well. Much of his performance might go under the radar but he gave everything. 8

Dominic Solanke

Worked hard as usual with precious little service in the first half. Had one deflected effort that was saved by Martinez. Then Spurs finally started giving him the ball and he chipped in a great first goal and then smashed in his second from close range. Also won the free-kick that Maddison scored from in added time. 9

Son Heung-min

After a quiet first half he lit up the start of the second half with a great low ball for Johnson to slam home. Having only just returned to training, he was taken off soon after much to his surprise and disappointment. 7

Subs

Richarlison

Grabbed a great assist for Solanke but seemed to pull his hamstring in the process and came off straight after. 7

Yves Bissouma

Came on and added plenty to Spurs' game in the second half. 8

Ben Davies

Made a vital block to set Spurs away for their second goal and defended well. 8

James Maddison

Responded in the perfect way to starting on the bench again with a delightful curling free-kick. 8

Archie Gray

Came on for Udogie in the final minutes and did little wrong. 6

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