Here’s how we rated the Tottenham Hotspur players following the opening forty-five minutes of action in this afternoon’s pre-season friendly against Queens Park Rangers.
Ange Postecoglou’s side head into the break at Loftus Road currently ahead by a single goal in a end-to-end half (courtesy of a goal from Yves Bissouma)
Brandon Austin: Manged to get a fingertip to Rayan Kolli’s long range effort and did well collecting a few ariel balls that came his way. 7.
Pedro Porro: It wasn’t the right-backs best half by any means, frequently overhitting crosses that were in good positions, almost got caught out in behind one or two times but manged to recover. 5.
Oliver Skipp: A routine display from Spurs’ number four. Did well despite not being a recognised central defender and nullified up a number of QPR attacks. 6.5.
Archie Gray: Loftus Road doesn’t wield the happiest of memories for Gray with the teenager losing 4-0 when last playing here with Leeds towards the end of last season, but Spurs’ new signing impressed in the first half. Gray’s calmness on the ball and maturity is way beyond his years and it showed in the first half. 7.
Jamie Donley: An extremely varied half of football for Tottenham’s academy star. The 19-year-old is adapting to his unusual left-back role well with his inverted runs coming naturally due to Donley’s natural position being attacking midfield. However, Donley’s defensive imperfections were exposed in the first-half, often being ran past or giving the ball away cheaply which you can afford to do when playing further forward, less so when playing as a left-back. 5.5.
Yves Bissouma: The star of the half. Bissouma’s solo goal was oustanding and teased Tottenham fans that the player they saw at the start of last season is very much still there. Spurs really benefitted from the midfielder’s ability to beat his man and convert defence into attack. 9.
Pape Sarr: It was a surprise to see Pape start the game after his exclusion from the trip to Hearts, however the young midfielder started the game very well, being the metronome within Spurs’ midfield. His performance did wain as the half dragged on however. 6.5.
Lucas Bergvall: The 18-year-old was frustratingly forced off after 24 minutes but it was an extremely promising display in Tottenham colours, despite only being on the pitch for under half an hour. Tottenham’s defence put Bergvall under a lot of pressure when he was on the pitch but the Swede dealt with it extremely well, beating QPR’s press and often igniting an attack. Rating would be much higher should Bergvall have remained on the pitch. 7.
Brennan Johnson: A pretty poor half from the Welshman. Johnson was given the ball, like Porro, in plenty of positions that were perfect for a cross to be expertly delivered and possibly get a goal for Spurs, but Johnson squandered almost every one. There was some improvement from the ex-Nottingham Forest man as the half went on but it was a half to forget for him overall. 4.
Heung-Min Son: Tottenham’s captain only had a few chances in the half but often did well wit them, testing the goalkeeper or laying off a teammate in a better position. It’s not been Son’s blistering best but it was still a decent display from the South Korean. 6.5.
Timo Werner: There is little to talk about Werner’s first half performance as the German rarely got on the ball, and when he did, struggled to create much. 5.5.
(Sub) Dejan Kulusevski: Dejan was brought on following his compatriot, Lucas Bergvall, injury but didn’t do much of note barring simply bouncing the ball back to Bissouma to help the midfielder complete his impressive solo goal. 6.
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