Tottenham came from behind to grab a 2-2 draw against Bournemouth on Sunday afternoon in the Premier League and here are our Spurs ratings from the match.
Ange Postecoglou made six changes to his Spurs team that slumped to a 1-0 defeat on Thursday night in Alkmaar in the Europa League last 16 first leg. The Spurs boss had brought Cristian Romero and Dominic Solanke in for their first starts since December and January respectively.
Son Heung-min and James Maddison were dropped to the bench with Postecoglou attempting to inject fresh legs into his side to face the Cherries, who had eight days to prepare for the fixtures.
A nervy first half from Spurs required a couple of early saves from Guglielmo Vicario and just as the hosts looked like they were getting a foothold in the game so Bournemouth scored before the break. It all came from a woeful pass from Pedro Porro that left him exposed in behind and Milos Kerkez ran into that space and curled in a cross for Marcus Tavernier to slide it home.
Pape Matar Sarr missed a big chance before Bournemouth netted a second when Justin Kluivert, who had an effort ruled out for offside himself, played in Evanilson and the striker dinked a shot over Vicario.
Spurs grabbed a goal back when Sarr curled in a cross that sailed over everyone and bounced in off the left-hand post.
The scores were levelled when Son was brought down in the Bournemouth box by Kepa. He stepped up to hit a delicate penalty down the middle of the goal. Both sides pushed for a winner but neither could find it in the closing stages.
Here are our Spurs player ratings from the match:
Guglielmo Vicario
Made a terrific low save to bail out Romero in the opening 30 seconds and then again on the five-minute mark from Kluivert. Couldn't get to Tavernier's first-half goal but saved well from Kerkez's miss-hit cross in the second half. Those early saves ended up bring crucial. 8
Pedro Porro
Big error for Bournemouth's first half goal, giving the ball away and leaving his entire flank exposed. Didn't add much else to the game before coming off in the final 10 minutes. 4
Cristian Romero
His first appearance since December and he made an early mess with a rusty pass just 25 seconds in straight to Evanilson to gift him a chance. Looked nervy at times but did get better in the second half before coming off before the second Bournemouth goal. 5
Kevin Danso
Battled away as the fittest centre-back despite looking tired towards the end of the game and made some important late interceptions. 7
Djed Spence
Some positive forward play but couldn't get back to catch Tavernier and played Evanilson onside for the second Bournemouth goal. 6
Rodrigo Bentancur
Started the game nervously with some mistimed passes and got a yellow card on the half hour mark for a mistimed challenge. Never really recovered. 4
Yves Bissouma
Back in the team and he gifted Kluivert a chance with a messy moment five minutes in. Made a couple more mistakes and picked up a yellow card and was taken off at the break. 3
Pape Matar Sarr
Spurs' brightest midfielder in the first half. He did drag wide a big chance in the second half just before curling a cross in off the left-hand post to grab a goal back. Did well overall with his play. 7
Brennan Johnson
Just didn't take on his man enough in the first half and found himself hooked at the break. Couldn't really complain. 3
Dominic Solanke
Looked shattered at the end after playing the full game but it will have done him good. Had no service to speak off so just ran and ran. 5
Wilson Odobert
Plenty of threat but without the end product. 5
Subs
Son Heung-min
Sent a deflected curling effort against the outside of the left-hand post. Hit a calm penalty down the middle in a big moment after being fouled in the box by Kepa. 7
Lucas Bergvall
Hit the post himself with a strike from distance and needs to be starting every game right now. He changed so much about Spurs' play with his twists, turns and positive play. He does everything the other more senior midfielders aren't right now. 8
James Maddison
Set up Sarr for a big chance in the second half but then lost the ball to allow Bournemouth to break and hit the post. Played in Son to win the penalty. 7
Micky van de Ven
Looked a bit rusty but a couple of sprints up the pitch will have done him good. 6
Destiny Udogie
Came on for Porro for the final 10 minutes or so. N/A
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