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Nick Purewal

Tottenham player ratings vs Bournemouth: Davinson Sanchez nightmare as Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg goes missing

Tottenham put their chances of a top-four finish in serious jeopardy with a turbulent, galling 3-2 home defeat by Bournemouth.

Dango Ouattara’s added-time winner condemned Spurs to a 10th Premier League defeat of the season, leaving the north Londoners facing a daunting task for Champions League qualification.

Here, Nick Purewal rates the Tottenham performances...

Hugo Lloris 6

Solid enough showing from the experienced France stopper

Cristian Romero 5

A very quiet turn when Spurs really needed a commanding showing

Eric Dier 5

Another who Tottenham would have needed to stand strong as everything crumbled around him

Clement Lenglet 6

Injury cut short what had been a good showing by both Lenglet and Spurs to that point

Pedro Porro 5

Caught cold for Bournemouth’s first goal and never recovered

Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg 4

Always central to Spurs’ strongest showings but prone to going quiet in the toughest times

Oliver Skipp 5

Kept busy amid the madness but could not inspire Spurs with either shape or end product

Ivan Perisic 5

So experienced and so capable, but this game passed him by

Dejan Kulusevski 5

Another senior man to struggle as this game slipped away from the hosts

Son Heung-min 6

A great finish to start the day had Spurs in early control and the home faithful dreaming of a comfortable afternoon, but he faded along with the rest of his team

Harry Kane 6

The trouble with talisman status is there is no time to slip off such a lofty perch. At times he appeared his best self, but too often was too quiet

Substitutes

Davinson Sanchez (for Lenglet, 35) 3

A woeful and match-defining cameo in all the wrong ways for the hapless Sanchez, who came on as a substitute and was then taken off after 23 minutes

Arnaut Danjuma (for Sanchez, 58) 8

Transformed Tottenham with impetus, bite and impact, and took his goal very well

Richarlison (for Skipp, 77) 7

Teed up Danjuma for the goal with a neat cushioned header amid a smart cameo but should have scored the winner.

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