Tottenham Player Ratings from Win at Stoke in Carabao Cup

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STOKE ON TRENT, ENGLAND – DECEMBER 23: Harry Winks of Tottenham Hotspur battles for possession with Tashan Oakley-Boothe of Stoke City during the Carabao Cup Quarter Final match between Stoke City and Tottenham Hotspur at Bet365 Stadium (Photo by Michael Regan/Getty Images) /

Tottenham Hotspur played well for most of the 90 minutes and came away with a 1-3 win over Stoke City to advance in the Carabao Cup, here are our ratings.

The evening was supposed to be a difficult one with the bad weather, tough opposition, and a rotated Tottenham team. While there was a 20-minute period where things were a bit too close for comfort in the second half, Spurs ultimately took care of business. The win was relatively comfortable in the end and that resulted from a few players playing well and some others simply playing.

Man of the Match – Harry Winks

We at HotspurHQ were quite critical of Harry Winks in his cameo against Leicester City. On a bit too late in a match already being lost in the midfield Winks did not give the kind of effort one would expect from a guy fighting for his job. Given a full 90 minutes on Wednesday, Harry Winks showed what he can do for Tottenham and it was more than was seen on the weekend as a substitute.

Winks provided the ball movement, particularly in the first half, which Spurs had been lacking against Leicester City. Winksy moved well to receive the ball from the defense and lessen the need to force balls up the seams. Harry made the smart play most of the evening, whether it was a pass forward, backwards, or sideways.

The big moment for Winks and for Spurs came about 22 minutes in when Harry had drifted wide to the touch line. This time Winks was definitely sending in a cross which Gareth Bale managed to redirect into the side netting for Spurs first goal and the only goal of the first half. It was a pass quite reminiscent of Christian Eriksen and great too see.

Not quite as influential in the second half, but Winks was clean and tidy throughout leading Spurs in passing completing 94% of his 77 passes on the evening. Given a full chance on the night, there is no doubt Harry Winks showed what he could bring, and it is something really no one else in the current senior side does, which is crisp passing from anywhere to anywhere on the pitch.