Tottenham had been dealt their fourth defeat of the Premier League season by a Crystal Palace workforce that out-fought the Lilywhites.
A fractured and cagey first half noticed the sport continuously pause attributable to accidents and that prevented proceedings from discovering a movement.
This suited Palace greater than their opponents as they disrupted Spurs from discovering any rhythm. The Eagles would reap the rewards for a constructive first half as Jean-Phillipe Mateta crashed within the opener after indecisive defending had seen the ball land on the Frenchman’s ft.
Tempers flared after the interval as Spurs grew annoyed by Palace’s solidity and wily gamesmanship and the Eagles held on for his or her first Premier League victory of the season. It was a efficiency that lacked grit and dedication from a Spurs facet who’re struggling for consistency, right here’s how the people acquired on.
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Crystal Palace 1-0 Tottenham – Spurs Participant Scores
Guglielmo Vicario – 6
The Italian appeared shaky in possession and located it laborious to take care of the incessant press of the Palace entrance three.
He couldn’t do something concerning the objective because the strike flew previous him earlier than he had time to react. Nonetheless, Vicario stored his facet within the contest with a string of saves to disclaim the likes of Eberechi Eze and Ismaila Sarr.
Pedro Porro – 5
Porro had a troublesome afternoon in South London as he appeared weak defensively and couldn’t contribute offensively to assist his workforce discover a manner again into the sport.
The previous Sporting Lisbon man was not alert sufficient for the decisive objective, failing to intercept Munoz’s cross to disclaim Eze the prospect to tee up Mateta.
Cristian Romero – 5
Tottenham’s captain on the day couldn’t rally his troops to conjure up a response following the first-half objective.
The World Cup winner performed his half in shedding possession for Mateta’s objective. Palace’s entrance three ran the Spurs backline ragged and Romero was usually bypassed by Eze.
Micky van de Ven – 3
It was a woeful show from the 23-year-old who was constantly outmuscled by Mateta and outpaced by Sarr.
It was the Dutchman who would lose the ball main as much as the opening objective as Daniel Munoz closed down the angle and blocked Van de Ven’s tried clearance.
In defence of Tottenham’s quantity 37, the cross throughout the penalty space by central defensive companion Romero was overhit, however he might have handled the state of affairs higher.
Van de Ven was lucky to not be proven a straight pink card within the second half after hauling down Ismaila Sarr who was racing via, however referee Darren Bond adjudged that the Palace attacker was not heading in the right direction to have a goal-scoring alternative.
Future Udogie – 5
Udogie appeared rather more like his outdated self in South London however nonetheless couldn’t assist unlock the Palace defence.
In a match that was rife with full-blooded challenges, Udogie did nicely to not decide up a reserving.
Yves Bissouma – 5
The Malian had the accountability of being the midfield metronome and dictating the play however was usually overwhelmed by the opposition.
After the interval, Bissouma improved, however the midfield pairing of Adam Wharton and Will Hughes had tenacity in abundance to stop Spurs from retaining possession.
James Maddison – 4
It was one other disappointing show from Spurs’ major artistic drive as Palace restrained the Englishman from having any affect on the sport.
The midfielder was substituted to a refrain of jeers from the house trustworthy on the hour and Maddison appeared bitterly disheartened.
Dejan Kulusevski – 3
The Swede lower a annoyed determine within the first half as a lot of his passes failed to seek out their supposed goal. He was taken off on the hour mark alongside Maddison, which was a smart choice by Postecoglou, as Kulusevski appeared in severe hazard of receiving a second yellow card.
Brennan Johnson – 4
The Welshman was nameless within the early levels as Ange Postecoglou’s facet struggled to retain possession.
He got here the closest to netting the equaliser within the first half as his improvised effort got here off the publish, however he didn’t seem like he knew an excessive amount of about it. Johnson couldn’t trend any clear-cut possibilities for his teammates within the second interval.
Dominic Solanke – 6
Solanke labored tirelessly towards the resolute again three of Palace however finally appeared remoted in what was an exasperating afternoon.
Attributable to Spurs’ incapacity to maintain maintain of the ball, the Englishman was compelled to drop again deeper, however a by-product of that’s the Lilywhites missed his presence within the field.
Mikey Moore – 3
Bodily {the teenager} appeared out of his depth as he was hounded by opposing full-back, Daniel Munoz with the Colombian sensing vulnerability within the 17-year-old.
On the ball, Moore performed a number of incisive passes to overlapping full-back Udogie, however after taking part in his first 90 minutes of senior soccer on Thursday, his race was run by the point he was taken off as a part of Postecoglou’s triple alteration.
Substitutes
Pape Matar Sarr – 6
The Senegalese instilled some calm right into a facet that was shell-shocked by the depth of their opponent.
Sarr will discover laborious finished by that he has not been chosen to start out current matches, contemplating the impression he has had when he has been launched into the fold.
Richarlison – 5
Richarlison was launched to supply Solanke some assist towards the likes of Marc Guehi, Trevoh Chalobah and Maxcence Lacroix, who had been dominating Spurs’ document signing.
As at all times, Richarlison brought on points however nonetheless appears to be like in need of match sharpness following a chronic spell out injured.
Timo Werner – 6
The German has been in need of confidence just lately however his show at Selhurst Park will encourage Postecoglou.
He whipped in a plethora of looking crosses into harmful areas, however neither Dominic Solanke nor Richarlison might join.
Rodrigo Bentancur – N/A
The midfielder got here on within the dying embers however his lack of urgency didn’t assist Spurs of their pursuit of parity.
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