Player ratings: Lo Celso a 3 and Aurier shocking for Tottenham vs Sheffield United
Tottenham’s unbeaten start to Premier League restart came to an abrupt end as they were comfortably beaten 3-1 by Sheffield United.
Sander Berge put the Blades ahead just past the half-hour mark before Harry Kane thought he’d levelled, only for VAR to have adjudged Lucas Moura to have used his hand in the build-up.
Jose Mourinho’s side never recovered from that moment and fell further behind courtesy of goals from Lys Mousset and Oli McBurnie.
Harry Kane struck in stoppage-time, but it was too late, too late for Spurs.
Here’s how every Tottenham player rated on the night.
Hugo Lloris, 4 – Couldn’t do anything about the three goals.
Serge Aurier, 2 – Utterly horrendous.
Davinson Sanchez, 3 – Had shown signs of improvements against Manchester United and West Ham, but the Colombian was back to his old sloppy, unreliable self at Bramall Lane.
Eric Dier, 4 – Was solid for the first hour, but disasterous from then on in. Produced some horrible, horrible defending for Mousset’s goal.
Ben Davies, 4 – Poor.
Moussa Sissoko, 4 – Wasted some good opportunities on the break in the first-half and his evening was summed up by a needlessly conceding a corner from an awful back-pass.
Giovani Lo Celso, 3 – His worst game in a Tottenham shirt. Not the Lo Celso we’ve come to know in recent months.
Lucas Moura, 5 – The best of a bad bunch in terms of Spurs’ attacking players, but his decision-making remains questionable.
Steven Bergwijn, 4 – Offered nothing before he was hauled off after the break.
Son Heung-min, 3 – Set up Kane’s late goal, but has been shocking since the resumption.
Harry Kane, 4- Had an equaliser harshly chalked off by VAR and did nothing until he netted a late consolation.
Substitutes
Tanguy Ndombele, 5 – Given his first minutes since the restart, but by the time he was introduced, Tottenham were 2-0 down.
Erik Lamela, 5 – Tried to get Spurs going, but didn’t show enough quality.
Dele Alli, 3 – Contributed nothing.
Jan Vertonghen N/A – Replaced Davies late on.