Tottenham ratings: Yves Bissouma dominates Man Utd in Europa League final as Destiny Udogie lets occasion get to him
YVES BISSOUMA put in a dominative display as Tottenham won the Europa League final.
Ange Postecoglou was without James Maddison and Dejan Kulusevski for the clash in Bilbao.
Brennan Johnson played a key role in the opening goal as it was his run that led to Luke Shaw putting through his own net.
At the other end, Destiny Udogie struggled to get up to the pace of the match as he was up against Manchester United’s Amad Diallo.
SunSport’s Henry Tomlinson has given his ratings of the Tottenham players…
Guglielmo Vicario – 6
Despite threats from the Manchester United attackers, the Italian had very little to do in the first half despite his nervous appearance.
Guglielmo Vicario was bailed out at times thanks to his defenders after some less than convincing keeping.
He did come up clutch as he denied the Red Devils twice to preserve his side’s lead.
Pedro Porro – 6
Played his usual game as he tried to help in the attack when Spurs could get forward.
Made an important clearance at 1-0 after Vicario spilled the ball in the box.
Cristian Romero – 7
Took on the responsibility of the armband as Son Heung-Min was only named on the bench.
Led the backline and made sure he was heard even when arguing with the Man United players.
Spurs’ defence was mostly well organised and stuck to their job and that was partly down to Romero’s leadership even after he handed the armband to Son in the second half.
Micky van de Ven – 8
Picked up a yellow card early on in the second half as he was too aggressive in an aerial duel.
Used his body well at times to deal with the physicality from Rasmus Hojlund.
Did make some important contribtions in the backline but did also see some of his passing miss the mark.
His best moment came when he made a stunning goalline clearance to deny Man United an equaliser in the 68th minute.
Destiny Udogie 89′ – 4
The full-back suffered a shaky start to the match as he struggled to win the ball and was caught out of position on more than one occasion.
Diallo had the better of him for much of the first hald and Udogie was lucky not to have been punished for some rash decisions.
Was replaced for the final minutes by Djed Spence.
Rodrigo Bentancur – 6
The Argentine did not do a lot wrong but he did not make a notable impression in the match.
He had a couple of forays forward but could not make an incisive pass.
Yves Bissouma – 8
Did a lot of the hard work and often had to cover for Udogie when he had been caught out or taken on.
Bissouma also showed his dribbling ability as he was often the one driving Spurs up the pitch.
He continued this in the second half as he was argueably Tottenham’s most important player in the final.
Did pick up a yellow card for delaying the game after Diallo was fouled.
Pape Matar Sarr 89′ – 7
Fluffed a decent chance to get an effort on goal in the 17th minute as he could not get a decent connection.
It was his dangerous cross that led to the opening goal for the North London side.
Was taken off in the closing stages.
Brennan Johnson 78′ – 7
Looked lively at the start with his direct and positive play as he almost forced in the opening goal early on.
He did start to fade towards the end of the first half as Spurs focused their efforts down the opposite wing.
That was until his brilliant run caused Luke Shaw to put through his own net and give Tottenham the lead.
Dominic Solanke – 5
The striker was mostly marshalled out of the game in the opening 45 minutes by the Red Devils’ backline.
A poor touch in the 62nd minute saw Solanke throw away a brilliant chance to have a one-on-one with Onana and wrap up the game.
Richarlison 66′ – 5
Got himself into some important positions in the first half but failed to take advantage as he saw a shot blocked and a through-ball go astray.
Did contribute defensively as his side tried to defend thier lead but going forward he often lost possession.
He picked up a yellow card before the hour mark for a blatant foul on Noussair Mazraoui.
Not a surprise that he was the first man to be hulled off by Postecoglou.
Subs
Son Hueng-Min 66′ – 6
Took the armband off Romero when he came on for the final 25 minutes of the match.
Had a great chance to lead a counterattack but hogged the ball for too long and was caught by Dorgu.
Kevin Danso 78′ – 6
Sent on to make see out the result and earn Tottenham their firsy trophy in over two decades.
Almost got onto the end of a cross from Son to wrap up the result.
Archie Gray 89′ – N/A
Djed Spence 89′ – N/A
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