Here are our Tottenham player ratings after their 1-1 draw with Leeds United in the Premier League on Monday evening
Tottenham could only grab a 1-1 draw with Leeds on Monday night in the Premier League and here are our Spurs player ratings.
Roberto De Zerbi's men came into the game off the back of their first back-to-back Premier League victories since the beginning of the season after the wins at Wolves and Aston Villa, and were hoping to continue their momentum under their new head coach.
De Zerbi kept faith with the Spurs starting line-up that impressed at Villa Park with Richarlison making his 100th appearance for the club, Conor Gallagher his 150th Premier League appearance and Pedro Porro is playing his 150th game in a Tottenham shirt. James Maddison was on the bench again as he looked to get his first minutes from the bench since that anterior cruciate ligament injury last summer.
Spurs carved out plenty of first half chances but couldn't take them and survived a late VAR penalty scare at the end of the period as Dominic Calvert-Lewin was offside by a couple of his toes before being brought down in the box under close attention from Destiny Udogie.
The deadlock was finally broken five minutes into the second half with Mathys Tel curling a wonderful effort into the top right corner of the net with Karl Darlow only able to get fingertips on to it.
However, the Frenchman then became the villain when he caught Ethan Ampadu with an overhead kick in the Spurs box and Dominic Calvert-Lewin put away the spot kick after VAR advised referee Jarred Gillett to head to his pitchside monitor.
Both sides pushed for a second goal, Antonin Kinsky pushing Sean Longstaff's header on to the crossbar and James Maddison denied a penalty deep into 15 minutes of added time at the end of the game.
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Here are our Spurs player ratings:
Antonin Kinsky
Saved well low down on the line from Rodon's header 20 minutes in which had the fans singing his name. Went the right way for Calvert-Lewin's penalty. Made a terrific save to push Longstaff's shot on to the crossbar in added time. 9
Pedro Porro
Put Richarlison through for an early opening and had his own shot blocked in front of goal just after the half hour mark. Also put in some dangerous corners. One of Spurs' better players. 7
Kevin Danso
Saved Tel with an important header in his own box before the 20 minute mark from the Frenchman's weird attempted clearance. Had some shaky moments allied with some important blocks and headers. 7
Micky van de Ven
A quiet game but did make a great sliding block to stop a Nmecha shot, even though the Leeds man was flagged offside. 7
Destiny Udogie
Fortunate that Calvert-Lewin had his toes offside after getting a hold of him in the box at the end of the first half. Not as good as his Villa display. 6
Joao Palhinha
Lashed a big chance over the bar 35 minutes in after doing well to take the ball into the box. Picked up a yellow card for an odd challenge in the second half and that restricted him from then on. 6
Rodrigo Bentancur
Spurs' best player in the first half and sent a header wide from a Porro corner. Faded a bit in the second half before coming off for Bergvall with 10 minutes to go. 7
Randal Kolo Muani
A willing runner without much quality in what he produced at the end of it apart from one ball to Richarlison. 5
Conor Gallagher
Busy without being too effective with the ball. 6
Mathys Tel
Started shakily and hit a poor attempted clearance across his own box that needed Danso to bail him out. Had a good run 25 minutes in which ended with a deflected shot over. Made amends for a lack of end product in the first half but curling home a sensational effort to break the deadlock in the 51st minute. Then cancelled it out with an overhead kick in his own box which caught Ampadu and gave away a penalty. 7
Richarlison
Put through by Porro early on but took a heavy touch. Had another effort that deflected into Darlow's arms in the first half and volleyed over from Kolo Muani's pass. Wasteful. 5
Subs
Lucas Bergvall
A busy cameo without too much end product. 5
James Maddison
His first minutes of the season and he thought he'd won a late penalty but the referee and VAR decided otherwise. 5
Djed Spence