Ben Davies-9.5
Let me go ahead and end the suspense for you here, for me, Ben Davies was today’s Man of the Match for Spurs. It wasn’t just his goal and assist that impressed me, it was his perfect positioning at all times.
That sense of positioning is particularly important for a player of Davies’ limited athleticism. Clearly, he doesn’t have the pace of a Danny Rose or Serge Aurier. That’s why he has to be mentally perfect to equal their level of play.
Today, his mind was a perfect ten. He repeatedly put himself in position to terrorize Huddersfield defenders. That paid off in Davies’ best performance in a Spurs shirt.
Kieran Trippier-7.5
This was a perfect matchup for the English international. Huddersfield are a high pressing team, but they don’t have a ton of quality in the final third. That allowed Trippier to get forward with reckless abandon.
The result of those forays forward were two assists. In fairness, one of his helpers was a looping header that set Harry Kane free for a long run forward. Still, Trippier deserves credit for helping Tottenham dispatch Huddersfield so simply.