Tottenham Hotspur lost 1-0 Bournemouth in the Premier League on Thursday evening and we rated the Spurs players for their efforts.
Ange Postecoglou made three changes to his team with captain Son Heung-min on the bench, with Tottenham facing Chelsea again quickly after this game with Sunday's derby at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Postecoglou had former Cherries striker Dominic Solanke back from illness while Archie Gray was handed his first Premier League start to give Pedro Porro a rest and Dejan Kulusevski came back into the side after his rest against Fulham.
Cristian Romero, Micky van de Ven, Guglielmo Vicario, Richarlison, Wilson Odobert, Mikey Moore and the suspended Rodrigo Bentancur all remained out.
The away side started brightly but Bournemouth scored in the 18th minute when Dean Huijsen was left all alone to head in from a corner. Tottenham huffed and puffed but it was the hosts who had the better chances in the second half with Fraser Forster called into action on a number of occasions to send Spurs home with nothing.
Here are our Tottenham player ratings:
Fraser Forster
Saved from Evanilson and Tavernier in the first half and made a couple of saves from Kluivert in the second half and a few more late on. Not much he could do for the powerful Huijsen header. 7
Archie Gray
The 18-year-old raced back to make a perfect sliding challenge on the breaking Kluivert in the first half. Switched to playing as the left centre-back after Davies went off. He gave everything in an unnatural role for him. 6
Radu Dragusin
Huijsen looked to be his man from the corner but he wandered away. Defended well mostly after that but it was a key moment and he switched off. 5
Ben Davies
Picked up an early yellow card in stopping a dangerous Bournemouth break. Defended well on the whole before getting what looked like a hamstring injury. 6
Destiny Udogie
Probably Spurs' best outfield player as he tried to make things happen down the left. 7
Pape Matar Sarr
One of his quieter performances and came off before the hour mark for Son. 5
Yves Bissouma
Picked up a first half yellow card but was one of Spurs' better players further up the pitch with the way he tried to break up Bournemouth's midfield play and his running with the ball. 6
James Maddison
His first time starting a Premier League game as captain for Spurs. Another game lacking in impact as he curled one effort wide in the second half but didn't contribute much else in terms of creativity. 4
Dejan Kulusevski
Back in the team and had the first shot of the match with an effort into Kepa's arms. One of his most disappointing performances. 4
Dominic Solanke
Fired over under pressure early in the game and sent a header wide from a corner later in the first half. Had so little to work with for much of the match. 4
Brennan Johnson
Another very quiet performance from the Wales international, both on the left and right. 3
Subs
Son Heung-min
Had the ball in the net soon after coming on but was well offside after Kulusevski's saved shot fell his way. Then set up Maddison for a chance. Moved into a number eight role after Werner came on. 5
Pedro Porro
Tested Kepa with a half-volley soon after coming on. 5
Timo Werner
Ran his defender but with no end product. 4
Lucas Bergvall
Came on as Spurs' number six and was one of the brightest things to happen for the visitors. He at least tried to make things happen and up the tempo. 6
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