Tottenham 1-1 Chelsea: Player Ratings

Gylfi Sigurdsson started the goalscoring proceedings

Here are the player ratings from Tottenham vs Chelsea:

Tottenham (4-2-3-1)

Hugo Lloris: 6

Good save on Schurrle’s shot. Other than that, he had very little to do for the whole 90 minutes.

Kyle Walker: 7

Full of energy, running up and down the pitch. Decent game.

Michael Dawson: 7

Led the Spurs’ defense well but will be annoyed about Chelsea’s equalizer though.

Jan Vertonghen: 6

Average game by his standards. His needless foul led to the Chelsea’s goal.

Kyle Naughton: 6

A normal game without taking much risks. Kept things simple.

Paulinho: 7

Had one shot which came off the post in the first half. He was the soul of the Spurs’ midfield battle.

Mousa Dembele: 6

Started the game well but faded off in the second part of the game.

Andros Townsend: 7

Lots of tricky dribbles, but he still needs to improve his end product.

Christian Eriksen: 7

The Dane showed his class yet again with a superb build-up play to set up Tottenham’s goal. But his influence disappeared in the second half and he was replaced.

Gylfi Sigurdsson: 7

Another goal scoring performance from the attacking midfielder. Almost won the game with a nice turn & shot during the closing stages of the game.

Roberto Soldado: 5

A game to forget for the former Valencia man. He is yet to score a goal from open play in the league this season.

Subs:

Lewis Holtby: 6

Nacer Chadli: 5

Jermain Defoe: 6.5

John Terry’s goal turned the tide in Chelsea’s favour

Chelsea (4-2-3-1)

Petr Cech: 6

He did his job well. No way he could have done anything to stop the Tottenham goal. Urged his team forward with his good distributions.

Branislav Ivanovic: 7

Good defensive performance with lot of interceptions and timely blocks.

David Luiz: 6.5

Concentrated performance from the Brazilian. He didn’t try any of his fancy tricks today.

John Terry: 7

Should take a bit of blame for the opening goal but came back well by grabbing the equalizer for the Blues.

Ashley Cole: 6

Surprisingly, he rarely made any of his trademark overlapping runs today. Most of his game time was spent while defending Townsend and Walker’s darting runs.

John Obi Mikel: 5

Didn’t do anything exceptional. Paved the way for Mata’s introduction at the half time.

Frank Lampard: 6

Kept things ticking for Chelsea with his disciplined passing.

Ramires: 6

Started the game on the right, where he was very poor. But improved a lot when he shifted to the middle again in the second half.

Oscar: 5.5

Not as creative as he could be. Gave away possession on many occasions.

Eden Hazard: 6

His average start to the season continues. Showed glimpses of his talent with few incisive runs though.

Fernando Torres: 6

Energetic display from the £50 million man but his good work got marred when he was sent off for getting two yellow cards.

Subs:

Juan Mata: 8

Proved his worth to his manager with a super performance after coming on. Changed the course of the game with his vision and creativity.

Andre Schurrle: 6

Chelsea looked more threatening after he came on but he missed a great chance when he was put through by a well weighted pass from Torres.

Cesar Azpilicueta: N/A