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Tottenham smash Real Madrid: Glorious player ratings for Spurs

By Rucker Haringey

LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 01: Mauricio Pochettino, Manager of Tottenham Hotspur and Zinedine Zidane, Manager of Real Madrid shake hands following the game at the UEFA Champions League group H match between Tottenham Hotspur and Real Madrid at Wembley Stadium on November 1, 2017 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 01: Mauricio Pochettino, Manager of Tottenham Hotspur and Zinedine Zidane, Manager of Real Madrid shake hands following the game at the UEFA Champions League group H match between Tottenham Hotspur and Real Madrid at Wembley Stadium on November 1, 2017 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images) /
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LONDON, ENGLAND – NOVEMBER 01: Eric Dier of Tottenham Hotspur and Marcelo of Real Madrid battle for the ball during the UEFA Champions League group H match between Tottenham Hotspur and Real Madrid at Wembley Stadium on November 1, 2017 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND – NOVEMBER 01: Eric Dier of Tottenham Hotspur and Marcelo of Real Madrid battle for the ball during the UEFA Champions League group H match between Tottenham Hotspur and Real Madrid at Wembley Stadium on November 1, 2017 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images) /

Eric Dier-8

No matter whether you were watching him in the midfield or in the middle of Pochettino’s defence, this was one of Dier’s best outings of the season. In fact, for me, it’s the best he’s looked for months.

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Pochettino will certainly hope this is a harbinger of good things to come from Dier. He was everywhere in this match. The Englishman tallied countless blocks and interceptions that prevented Real Madrid from breaking through on goal. If anyone deserves credit for Spurs’ stingy defense in this one, it’s Eric Dier.

Harry Winks-6

Winks is a very talented player who has a bright future at Tottenham but he was out of his depth in this match. There’s no shame in losing out to Real Madrid’s cavalcade of stars in the midfield, but that doesn’t mean it didn’t happen.

It’s not that he was awful, but he did give the ball away a bit too much for my liking. He played his heart out, but that isn’t enough in a fixture like this. Spurs were fortunate that Winks’ struggles in the middle of the pitch didn’t really cost them.

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