Player Ratings: Reborn midfielder's name echoes around Wembley in Spurs 1-0 win vs Inter Milan

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Tottenham Hotspur kept their Champions League dream alive with a late winner earning them a 1-0 victory against Inter Milan at Wembley. 

Spurs showed plenty of energy against Inter this evening, but despite their efforts, they were unable to break through Inter’s sturdy defence.

But the north Londoners kept huffing and kept puffing and eventually blew Inter’s backline away thanks to Dele Alli’s flick and Christian Eriksen’s magic left foot.

All in all, this was a complete performance from Spurs, but they still have a job to do at Camp Nou in a fortnight if they want to reach the knockout stages.

Here are the player ratings from tonight’s clash.

Tottenham Hotspur

Hugo Lloris – 6 – Didn’t have much to do. Distributed the ball very well. Great save from Perisic’s late strike.

Serge Aurier – 6 – Did very well to contain any threats down Inter’s left flanks, but couldn’t get the better of Asamoah.

JanVertonghen – 7 – Didn’t have to deal with many threats. Solid in possession and maintained composed throughout, making more interceptions (7) than any other teammate.

Toby Alderweireld – 7 – Most threats were neutralised before Inter got close to the final third, but defended well when he had to. Switched play very well and competently built up possession from the back. Booked

Ben Davies – 6 – Was involved in a stalemate on the left flank. Did well to prevent Politano’s crosses from making an impact and timed his challenges well.

Harry Winks – 8 – Made a silly pass-back to Lloris that could have been costly. Other than that, he dictated play, made several searching runs and was unlucky not to open the scoring in the first half, his curling effort denied only by the crossbar.

Moussa Sissoko – 8 – Following on from his superb performance against Chelsea, the midfielder put in another commanding display tonight. Played a key role in the goal and helped his side maintain their shape throughout and his name rang around Wembley stadium as a result.

Lucas – 7 – Played with high energy. Was mostly contained on the left flank, but he did manage to get behind Inter’s defenders on a few occasions. Created some decent chances too.

Erik Lamela – 6 – Looked a bit rusty at times, but played with positivity. A horribly mistimed challenge on Brozovic earned him a booking, another referee could have easily sent him for an early shower.

Dele Alli – 7 – A quiet game on the whole for the Englishman. Made the odd good run and linked well with players advancing around him. Came alive when it counted, however, with a lovely flick to set up Eriksen for the winner.

Harry Kane – 7 – Worked hard, made several threatening advances, one of which embarrassed four Inter players, and gave Inter’s defenders something to think about all evening. The England captain never got a clear cut chance on goal.

Substitiutes:

Heung-min Son (for Lucas 61) – 6 – Made an impact straight away down the flanks.

Christian Eriksen – 7 – (for Lamela 69) – 8 – Almost created a goal as soon he came on with an excellent delivery from a free-kick. Scored the winner.

Eric Dier (for Harry Winks 86) – NA – Late sub.

Inter Milan

Samir Handanovic – 6 – Mostly a quiet night. Couldn’t have done much to prevent Eriksen’s goal.

Danilo D’Ambrosio – 6 – Dealt with Lucas’s attempted advances very well. Never looked to be in big trouble.

Stefan de Vrij – 6 – Dealt well with some of the Spurs’ pressure. Neat in possession. Made some excellent tackles, one or two were a little bit too robust.

Milan Skriniar – 7 – The Slovakian is rumoured to be at the top of Jose Mourinho’s Christmas list. He showed excellent composure this evening, timed his tackles well.

Kwadwo Asamoah – 7 – Inter’s best player this evening. Defended the left flank very well, showed his experience tonight with good judgement and composure.

Matias Vecino – 5 – Made some silly passes under pressure in midfield. Couldn’t create anything to penetrate Tottenham’s defences.

Marcelo Brozovic – 5 – Made some poor passes and exhibited some cynical defending at times. Should’ve been booked.

Matteo Politano – 6 – Most of his efforts were defending his own half this evening as he was unable to get the better of Davies on the right flank.

Radja Nainggolan – 5 – Came off just before half-time. Was mostly sloppy before that.

Ivan Perisic – 6 –  A lazy performance from the Croatia international as he failed to create anything of real quality for his team mates. He also lost the ball unnecessarily with some wayward passing.

Mauro Icardi – 4 – Almost anonymous for the entire game. When he did have a clear run on goal, he panicked and sliced the ball high into the air.

Substitutes:

Borja Valero (for Nainggolan 43)  – 7 – Played well when he came on and took control of Inter’s midfield. Couldn’t create anything incisive enough to break Spurs down.

Keita Balde (for Politano 82) – NA – Late sub

Miranda  (for De Vrij 82) –NA – Late sub.

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