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#2 Ander Herrera wins the battle against Dele Alli - comprehensively

Dele Alli and Ander Herrera get stuck in. The Basque was the clear winner overall

Dele Alli is a supremely talented player, there is surely no doubting that (although the Spurs chant about him being better than Ozil maybe a bit of an exaggeration) but there is still a lot for him to learn.

While he did not rise to bait that Ashley Young so tantalizingly dangled in front of him, he was being hounded all-day long by Ander Herrera - who dominated the Englishman both physically and mentally and from the looks of it threw Alli off his game.

The bar is pretty low if we are giving credit to Dele Alli for not headbutting Ashley Young.

— Football365 (@F365) October 28, 2017

The Basque has a great relationship with Mourinho, and he showed once again just why by sticking to his task and getting under Alli's skin, but the Spurs midfielder needs to be able to find mental peace on such tense occasions to truly step up to the next level... if he had been more composed, the chance that fell his way (off a delectable Christian Eriksen ball into the box)

Didn’t even see this haha. Dele Alli approaching Lukaku then immediately regretting it. pic.twitter.com/UTv4pBZBFF

— Jordan Clarke (@FourFourJordan) October 28, 2017