Tottenham Player Ratings from Disappointing north London Derby

Ratings for Tottenham Substitutes and Coach

Tottenham got some real impact from the bench today as Erik Lamela had an extended substitute appearance until he did not. Outside of Lamela, the little real impact came from the bench. Additionally, the team seemed unprepared for a really big match, which says Mourinho did not do his job either.

Erik Lamela – 6

Erik Lamela played hard but his aggressiveness and tenacity finally caught up with him. In the first half, Lamela had that moment of just pure magic with the rabona, in the second, Mikel Arteta’s persistent badgering of the officials finally got Lamela double-booked leaving Tottenham with 10 men. The first card was at midfield and no different than Granit Xhaka’s tackle on Matt Doherty in the box. Lamela got the yellow and Xhaka was applauded. Then the second was some good acting from a player who had more hands-on Lucas Moura all match than the Brazilian’s wife does at home. Bottom line, Arteta worked hard to get Lamela his first-ever Tottenham red card and it worked.

Moussa Sissoko – 4

I am not sure if I have ever seen the Frenchman as inactive as he was in his 30+ minutes on Sunday at the Emirates. Only 14 touches and zero tackles was another invisible outing for Tottenham.

Dele Alli – 6

Dele Alli came on about five minutes after Sissoko and managed one more touch than the Frenchman. Dele was a willing runner for Tottenham, which they sorely lacked after Son when out. Just did not get on the ball enough to have the kind of impact Spurs needed.

José Mourinho – 2

Tottenham was ill-prepared from the kickoff and that is on José Mourinho. Sure no player exactly bathed themselves in glory but that was because they were not ready. Whether it was a lack of sleep, not liking the gameplan, or something else, the team never showed up for one of the biggest fixtures on the calendar. Having three defenders on the bench, plus Sissoko and WInks, but not a back-up Winger was a mistake. Not having Bergwijn to come on and stretch the pitch after Son went out cost Spurs dearly, despite Lamela’s goal. Without someone to run Tottenham stopped going long and looked hapless like they did back during their slump. Mourinho has to find a solution for teams that play a 4-2-3-1 against him because right now Tottenham is lost versus that formation.

There are our ratings from a disappointing derby, what did you think?