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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  (PA)
Hugo Lloris prevented Tottenham from falling to an embarrassing defeat (PA)

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.